Why You Should Turn Your Lawn Into a Food Garden
Provided by: NowThis Earth|Published on: April 27, 2021
Grades: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Type: Videos
Subjects: Biology
Authors: NowThis Earth
Region: North America, United States, Florida
Languages: English
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Synopsis
- This video explains why growing a food garden is a better alternative to maintaining a lawn, looking at examples in Orlando, Florida.
- Students learn how to grow a food garden and its advantages for the gardener and the planet.
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Positives
- This video contains engaging visuals.
- Accompanying text emphasizes important facts from the video.
- It shows how policies have increased the number of home food gardens.
Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with lawns, fertilizer, pesticides, and lawnmowers.
- There may be an ad before the video.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Teachers could use this video to teach 6-8th graders about victory gardens.
- Teachers could use this video to highlight the importance of policies and their role in mitigating climate change.
- Teachers could use part 5:57-6:02 to describe how planting one’s own food helps to fight climate change.
- Teachers could use part 6:54-7:07 to encourage students to plant some food and herb crops.
- Click here for a lesson plan on food and carbon.
The resource provides details on the comparative advantage of home gardens vs. keeping a lawn. It shows how lawns can be converted to front-yard gardens to improve food security, farm income, and combat climate change. This is recommended for teaching.
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