![]() ![]() Connecting food environments and health through the relational nature of aesthetics: Gaining insight through the community gardening experience. For example, gardeners consume more fruits and vegetables than non-gardeners. Growing a garden encourages people to engage in other behaviors and activities that promote wellness.The simple act of pruning a hedge can also provide significant health benefits. Gardening doesn’t only boost the health of your geraniums. Organic gardening certainly ticks all the boxes. Locavores are interested in having greater access to healthy, high-quality food, knowing where their food comes from, and supporting the environment and the local economy. Renewed interest in gardening may be due in part to the local food movement. Plus, given the recent COVID-related concerns around food supply, even more people have jumped on the trowel train this year. Garden to table: A five year look at food gardening in the US. Whether it’s the cost-effectiveness, the environmental sustainability, or the sheer damn nutritiousness of it all, food gardening is becoming the frozen aisle of the future. Research from the National Gardening Association shows that home-grown food production has increased this much in the following groups: The Constant Gardener: Why it’s cool againįood gardening is in like yoga pants at the moment. ![]()
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