How much does eating locally-produced food help the climate problem? What are the other potential environmental and social benefits of eating locally-grown/produced food? Do you have a food garden in your school or at home? If not, do you want one?
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Conservation agriculture in a home garden
At my house, I have a home garden that has not been in my care in previous years. This year, I am planning to use conservation agriculture (CA) techniques in my garden in hopes that it increases yield, uses less water, and is more environmentally friendly than in past years. CA involves not tilling the soil, using cover crops as much as possible, and only using organic products. The component I am focusing on the most this year will be using cover crops, as this graden has never had cover crops before. This will, hopefully, reduce the need to water as much, and make the soil healthier by adding nitrogen to it, making it better not only this year, but in future years as well. I would also suggest these techniques for home gardeners, in an effort to emulate how these plants would grow in the wild.