BBC Gardeners' World

Food for your plate and planet

Kim Stoddart edits The Organic Way magazine for Garden Organic, runs planet-friendly gardening courses and has her own smallholding in West Wales

at home is a positive action towards a greener, rosier future as concerns around climate change and food security abound. No matter the size of our gardens, allotments, patios or windowsills, nurturing our own fruit and veg in a nature-friendly way can make a real difference for us, our plates’s Growing Greener campaign panel, to explain.

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