The Benefits Of Growing Your Own Food

In a previous post, we explored the benefits of gardening. We learned that it’s an activity that helps you in so many ways, such as providing food. You’re probably wondering, what are the benefits of growing your own food?

Here’s a related post: “The Benefits Of Gardening”

Why You Should Grow Your Own Food?!

Growing your own food has its benefits. It’s not only for maximizing nutritional content from the food you eat, but it’s also a great form of exercise. Also, growing your own food exposes your body to vitamin D from the sun as well as beneficial microbes from the soil.

Growing your own food has many environmental benefits. The amount of carbon going into the atmosphere is reduced because your plants absorb it and turn it into oxygen. Also, you’re not relying as much on fossil fuel powered vehicles such as trucks to transport your food.

There are a lot of overlooked economic benefits to growing your own food. As prices go up because of inflation, it’s more important than ever to save money without sacrificing food quality.

It’s Good For The Mind And Body

When you have a garden, there’s nothing more satisfying than harvesting what you grow. It’s an activity that boosts your self-esteem as well as your mental health.

Gardening in general is a hobby that gets your body moving. When you decide to grow your own food, your body will get even more of a workout.

The food that you grow in your garden can be part of a very healthy diet. One of the biggest benefits is the nutritional content, which is higher than the fruits and vegetables you buy in the store. For example, home grown lettuce has more nutrients than store bought and it also has more flavor.

Being outside working on your garden gives your body a vitamin D boost. Also you’ll be exposed to beneficial microbes that boost immunity as well as your mood.

It Helps The Environment

Growing your own food benefits the environment.

For example, having a vegetable garden absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Also, you decide what goes into your plants and into your soil. As a result, you’ll be reducing the amount of harmful chemicals that cause pollution as well as health problems.

Benefits of growing your own food include fewer carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels. Also, no plastic packaging is required when you harvest vegetables from your own garden.

Growing Your Own Food Benefits Your Bottom Line

The initial cost to start your garden can add up, but the benefits to your bottom line also add up.

Did you know that you can save a lot of money growing your own food?

Growing food in your garden can be a great way to cut household food costs. Also you’ll be provided with low-cost organic fruits and vegetables.

Many people are more aware of the health benefits of eating organic food, but they’re wary of the costs at the grocery store. They’re even more wary in 2022 because of skyrocketing food price inflation.

Food price inflation can be due to the declining buying power of the consumer. Also, it’s due to lower crop yields due to extreme weather such as heat waves, cold snaps, droughts as well as floods.

Even geopolitical turmoil plays a role.

The Supply Chain Disruption And Food Inflation

The war between Russia and Ukraine is disrupting the global supply of grain as well as the supplies of fertilizer and fuel. At least 30% of the world’s grains are grown by Russia and Ukraine.

The natural gas as well as potash and phosphorus needed to produce fertilizer come from that part of the world as well. As a result, there’s a worldwide shortage.

Fuel supplies are being disrupted by both geopolitical turmoil and the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, diesel fuel trucks, which are the workhorses of the world are more expensive to operate.

Food becomes more expensive for that reason, because diesel trucks deliver it to the grocery store.

Looking at the reasons why food is getting more expensive might encourage you to grow your own.

Also, by growing your own food, you don’t have to depend on lower quality and more expensive food options.

Do You Grow Your Own Food?

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