National trend…planting vegetable gardens!
If the weekend paper insert Parade magazine says something is a national trend isn’t that mainsteam and so?
Did you see the article? Note what is in paragraph 4 (quoted below)?
What America Really Eats
By Lynn Schnurnberger
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But the cost of healthy foods like vegetables also has gone through the roof. As a result, 21% of those surveyed have joined a national trend and are planting their own vegetable gardens. According to the National Gardening Association, vegetable gardens are now a $1.4 billion-a-year industry. Art gallery owner Justin McInteer and his girlfriend, Tanya Quinn, pulled out their front lawn in Long Beach, Calif., last year to plant squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes, and even avocado and plum trees. They reaped a bountiful harvest and had fun doing it. “If you’re interested in reducing global warming,” says McInteer, 36, “you couldn’t get your food more locally.”
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