Growing your own food can:
- Provide you with some food independence
- Give you control over your food supply
- Help you encourage pollinators and improve the soil health in your area
- Teach you and your family - especially children - about important biological systems
- Help you manage food waste, via composting (PDF)
Organic gardening means that you are growing your own fruits and vegetables (as well as flowers and lawns) without herbicides, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers. This means no Miracle Grow, RoundUp, or TurfBuilder. Why? Because our ecosystems developed without these additives, many studies suggest that they deplete soil resources and harm wildlife.
