{"id":53854,"date":"2020-06-24T15:26:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T20:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53854"},"modified":"2020-06-24T15:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T20:26:24","slug":"if-you-took-to-growing-veggies-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic-then-keep-it-up-when-lockdown-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=53854","title":{"rendered":"If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds<\/a> and chooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This turn to self-provisioning was prompted in part by the high price rises for produce \u2013 including A$10 cauliflowers and broccoli for A$13 a kilo<\/a> \u2013 and empty veggie shelves in some supermarkets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as hitting the garden centres<\/a> people looked online for information on growing food. Google searches for \u201chow to grow vegetables<\/a>\u201d hit an all-time worldwide high in April. Hobart outfit Good Life Permaculture\u2019s video on Crisis Gardening \u2013 Fresh Food Fast<\/a> racked up over 80,000 views in a month. Facebook kitchen garden groups, such as Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation<\/a>, sought to share information and inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Good Life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the many benefits of productive gardening, this interest in increased self-sufficiency was an intelligent response to the pandemic situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experienced gardeners can produce enough fruit and vegetables year-round to supply two people from a small suburban backyard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Productive gardening improves health<\/a> by providing contact with nature, physical activity and a healthier diet. Contact with good soil bacteria<\/a> also has positive health effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While Australians have traditionally valued the feeling of independence imparted by a degree of self-sufficiency, psychological benefits arise from the social connectedness encouraged by many forms of productive gardening<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid COVID-19, gardeners gathered online and community gardens around the world brought people together through gardening and food. In some areas, community gardens were\u00a0declared essential because of their contribution to food security<\/a>. Although Australian community gardens paused their public programs, most remained open for gardening adhering to social distancing regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends If you took to growing veggies in the coronavirus pandemic, then keep it up when lockdown ends The COVID-19 pandemic produced a run on the things people need to produce their own food at home, including vegetable seedlings, seeds and chooks. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[29935,29011,1912,9358],"class_list":["post-53854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-andrea-gaynor","tag-covid-19","tag-food-production","tag-permaculture-research-institute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53855,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53854\/revisions\/53855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}