There are definitely benefits to having a homegrown garden, and I wish that I had one at home. At my school, Bishop O'Dowd, we do have a garden on our school grounds, but it is used more for school purposes, such as a soup every week. It would be so cool to have a garden at my own home so that we could use vegetables and fruits right from our backyard, which would take no transportation, thus less emissions. According to my carbon footprint, my personal transportation significantly large, much larger than the rest of the categories. Similarly, transportation of any foods has a significant effect on the environment; therefore, eating locally-grown food is much better, as it limits carbon emissions and help the climate problem. Locally-grown and produced food also ensures that the foods are fresher and grown to its potential. When foods are grown and sent here from different states or countries, they are picked weeks before they are ripe, but if they are grown in our backyards, the can be grown to their fullest potential.  I think having a local garden in my backyard would  be nothing but beneficial for the environment and for my family and my own health. Hopefully, if I don't get to start my own garden soon, the foods I buy are grown closer and closer to home.

Wow that is a great point! Homegrown garden would reduce your carbon footprint tremendously and you would no longer have the issue of genetically modified foods. Also the food would be fresh like you said. This is a great idea!