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New Food Garden's Mission
To feed people with fresh food they grow themselves. To help people successfully garden in hot, dry climates. To help others make a connection with the living world.
About New food garden
I have built a career in grocery and food systems work, and the disconnection of people to the growing of food is very sad to me. This web site represents my faith that we can reconnect with food and the living soil, nourishing ourselves even in tiny spaces. Touching the soil and watching my seeds grow has given me a sense of peace and spiritual connection, an experience I hope to share with others.
New food garden focus areas
Growing Food
Our mission is to empower you to successfully grow your own food, even in tough climates & small spaces. We assume you have some gardening familiarity, and this site will target information and resources to build on your experience at growing food. I am surprised at how much food I can grow with just a few tools and some good methods.
Biointensive Methods
Biointensive growing is a set of methods that results in a larger harvest from a small space. Each individual practice is helpful, but added together those benefits multiply. Biointensive methods can be adapted for each garden and enable success with less water and expense. This makes biointensive gardening a path to increasing personal food production affordably.
Ecological Principles
Gardening in harmony with nature instead of against it the New Food Garden commitment. Every garden is unique and place-based. Observing local conditions and adapting gardening practices to fit them will save time and frustration. This site focuses on dry and hot climates with alkaline soil experienced in the southwest U.S. rather the conditions normally addressed in gardening books. By adapting to the environment around us, we can create an oasis in which plants have a chance to thrive.
Healthy Food Systems
Americans today eat primarily processed foods and few fresh fruits and vegetables. By gardening and eating more produce, we can improve our health. When picked at peak ripeness and eaten fresh, fruits and vegetable offer the highest nutrient density. What's more, gardening is linked to improved mental health through physical activity, care for living things and contact with sunlight, fresh air and soil.