'For me, tending a garden is a liberating act. I’m freer from the nutritionally void produce at the grocery store; studies show radical declines in the nutritional value of vegetables thanks to industrial, soil-depleting methods.
I feel less responsible for the millions of tons of endocrine-disrupting, life-killing pesticides dumped on soil. Combining my garden yields with community supported agriculture, I know, really know, where a large percentage of my food comes from. A home garden is a form of peaceful protest, a way of participating less in a corporate food culture I think is harmful to our health and the environment.'
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