There are many reasons why home grown foods are beneficial to the environment. For one, most people who own a small garden are unlikely to use pesticides, and that lowers the amount of toxins let into water supplies and the earth itself. Also, food grown by hand is less likely to be thrown out, as people do not like seeing their efforts go to waste. The major benefit of home grown food is the lack of a need for transportation. Most farms are rather far from the supermarkets that their produce is sold at, and the fuel burned by shipping trucks is a large contributor to global warming. Getting rid of the need to transport these foods over long distances removes this unnecessary pollution, and is very beneficial. My school has a garden, and most of the cafeteria food we eat comes from it.