Why You Should Turn Your Lawn Into a Food Garden

Provided by: NowThis Earth |Published on: April 27, 2021

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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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Subjects: Biology

Authors: NowThis Earth

Region: North America, United States, Florida

Languages: English

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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.

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