{"id":3560,"date":"2019-10-02T14:37:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T14:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2021-11-29T19:43:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T19:43:33","slug":"20-reasons-why-you-should-grow-your-own-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/20-reasons-why-you-should-grow-your-own-food\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Reasons Why You Should Grow Your Own Food"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nowadays it\u2019s more and more often that someone grows their own\nfood in the garden. It has nothing but advantages: it\u2019s healthy, cheap and it\nhas a good effect on the environment. Outside of these, it has several more\nbenefits that we wouldn\u2019t think of. We gathered 20 reasons why you should grow\nyour own fruits and vegetables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

#20 You\u2019ll know what you eat <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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If you grow your fruits and vegetables in your own garden, you\ncan be sure that what you eat is healthy and not traveled thousands and\nthousands of miles to get to the grocery store. After shipping and\ndistributing, the products usually stay in a storage or on the shelves for a\nlong time when the\u2019re losing nutritional value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#19 It\u2019s healthier <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Foods that you grow are much higher in nutrients like\nanti-oxidants, phytochemicals, vitamin C, vitamin A and folate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#18 You\u2019ll be more conscious <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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If you grow your own food, you\u2019ll be more conscious about\nusing pesticides in your garden, so it\u2019s a great motivation to start it. If you\nuse natural pesticides or no pesticides at all, it won\u2019t contaminate the\nenvironment and your food will be healthier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#17 You\u2019ll save money <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You won\u2019t have to buy the fruits and the vegetables at the\ngrocery store that you grow at home, of course. You only have to spend a few\nbucks on seeds, plants and supplies, from which you can produce pounds of fruits\nand vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#16 It keeps you active <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gardening requires physical activity which is unquestionably\ngood for your health. It improves cardiac health and immune system response,\ndecreases heart rate and stress. You\u2019ll have better motor skills, flexibility\nand body strength. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#15 It\u2019ll give you contentment <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Seeing how your efforts are paying off is a really good\nfeeling. You\u2019ll appreciate your food more, not to mention that you\u2019ll be more\nconscious about your time management as you have a system of gardening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#14 You\u2019ll appreciate food more <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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If you have to work in order to get your food, you\u2019ll\nappreciate it more when eating it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#13 It can be a hobby <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gardening can be a hobby, not just a necessary thing to do.\nGrowing food may inspire you to learn things about nutrition, botany, farmer\u2019s market\nsor even landscape architecture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#12 It\u2019s beautiful <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Your garden can become an attractive landscape instead of an\nunsighty land, not to mention that it\u2019ll attract insects that will likely\npollinate other plants as well, which will make your garden grow faster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#11 You\u2019ll get vitamin D <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When you\u2019re spending a lot of time outdoors, you absorb\nvitamin D, the sunshine vitamin. It\u2019s important because it protects you from\ndiseases and it\u2019s good for your bones and teeth. Also, you\u2019ll have a lot of\npositive energy and you\u2019ll sleep better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#10 It protects the environment <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Transporting food really harms the environment because it uses\nfossil fuels. Growing your own fruits and vegetables will reduce the need for\ntransportation and this way you\u2019ll have a positive effect on the environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#9 It saves you time <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You may think that gardening is a hard thing to do which takes\na lot of time and effort. It can be hard in the beginning (what isn\u2019t?), but\nonce you have a working system and schedule, it won\u2019t consume that much time. Not\nto mention that you won\u2019t have to go to the grocery store that often. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#8 It\u2019ll be a habit to eat vegetables <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When you have fresh fruits and vegetables in your backyard,\nyou\u2019ll be more likely to eat them. This way you become healthier and you won\u2019t\neven notice it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#7 You\u2019ll be happier <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Eating healthier will definitely make you happier. The saying \u2019you\nare what you eat\u2019 is true: when you eat junk food, you\u2019ll feel like junk, when\nyou eat fresh and healthy food, you\u2019ll look and feel healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#6 It reduces food wastage <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It happened to all of us that we had to throw food away. The\naverage American family throws away 700 dollars worth of food in a year, which\nis definitely too much: it would be enough to feed a child in Africa, Asia or\nSouth America for a year. When you grow your own food, you appreciate it more\nand it\u2019ll be less likely that you throw them away. Instead, you can learn how\nto preserve food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#5 It\u2019s fun <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You can really enjoy gardening especially if you don\u2019t do it\nalone. You can make it a fun family program or you can invite your friends over\nto help you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#4 You\u2019ll feel independent <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s a great feeling to know that you can rely on yourself\nwhen it comes to food. You won\u2019t have to worry about feeding your family at\nall, because you have your own resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#3 The knowledge can come in handy <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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That knowledge that you get in the process is invaluable. You\u2019ll\nnever know when you will need it, but it can come in handy in various\nsituations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#2 Your children can learn from you <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Gardening can teach your children several things. They\u2019ll\nlearn that hard work is necessary, that their efforts are paying off, and of\ncourse they\u2019ll have the general knowledge of growing their own food. Maybe they\u2019ll\nhave their own garden when they grow up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#1 You can eat vegetables even after the growing season <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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There are ways to produce fruits and vegetables in the winter, when the growing season is over, too. You can create container gardens, greenhouses, cold frames or homemade hooped rows, so this way you don\u2019t depend ont he grocery stores and you can eat fresh food the whole year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nowadays it\u2019s more and more often that someone grows their own food in the garden. It has nothing but advantages: it\u2019s healthy, cheap and it has a good effect on the environment. Outside of these, it has several more benefits that we wouldn\u2019t think of. We gathered 20 reasons why you should grow your own fruits and vegetables. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[583,496],"tags":[581,706,536,707,709,705],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4204,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3560\/revisions\/4204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthylifetips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}