Victory Garden Challenge

Pattie Baker, publisher of FoodShed Planet announces the FoodShed Planet Victory Garden Drive, with a goal of inspiring the creation of two million new organic gardens worldwide in 2008. Backyard gardens, windowsill gardens, community gardens, school gardens. They all count.“The day after 9/11/01, I walked aimlessly around my local Publix wondering if our food supply would be hit by terrorists,” Baker explained. “I thought for sure it wouldn't be long before our government asked us to plant Victory Gardens in order to increase food security, just as two million Americans and people throughout Europe planted Victory Gardens (called other things in various countries) during WWI and WWII. But it never happened. And so I walked out in my yard, and I planted a seed. That seed today has grown to a respectable year-round kitchen garden that frankly has changed my life by giving me a tiny bit of control in a world filled with turmoil. My garden allows me to vote with my fork, and eat as close to home as physically possible. The FoodShed Planet Victory Garden Drive is an easy way to start gardening. Simply go to http://www.victorygardendrive.blogspot.com/ and add your name after you plant your first seed. It’s as simple as that. It costs nothing. You don’t need to provide photos or updates. Just toss your gardening hat in the ring and join hands and hoes with other concerned citizens around the world who are taking this positive step as well.