BENEFITS
- Save money! You can reduce the money you spend on fresh produce to zero or near zero even while increasing the amount of fresh produce you consume
- Invest in your food future and rapidly recover your costs (see ECONOMICS for more detail). With food prices escalating, you can always be sure there is food for your family growing outside your door
- A locavore's dream - you can't get food closer to home and fresher than your own yard, and the short trip from field to kitchen means minimal carbon footprint
- Avoid generating waste from packaging materials - no plastic bags are needed to get your lettuce home
- Your food will be grown organically and sustainably, without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides, which means not only are there less of these in your food, but less in the environment
- Increase your food safety. No worries about E. coli or other contaminants when it comes from your own garden
- A personal connection with your food and your land - the value of this sense of continuity cannot be understated or understood until it is experienced
- The joy and excitement of gardening! Gardening is not toil! It is a delightful experience that stimulates all of one's senses, and it will quickly become one of your favorite things to do
- Children love gardening! Children will appreciate the miracle that a tiny seed can become a big plant and then a tasty treat