Community Gardens Growing in Popularity Amid Rising Food Prices, Health Scares
Community gardens are full for the first time in years, seed sales are up and memberships in home gardening groups are gaining -- part of a movement among Americans concerned with food prices, the environment and food safety.
In a growth spurt compared by some industry experts to the organic gardening movement spurred by the 1970s energy crisis, more people are raising their own fruits and vegetables.
In a growth spurt compared by some industry experts to the organic gardening movement spurred by the 1970s energy crisis, more people are raising their own fruits and vegetables.
Rialto resident Henry Carey grows all the produce he needs -- strawberries, greens, melons and more -- on his three large plots in a city-sponsored community garden.
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