If you have been thinking this is the year to get your first organic vegetable garden started, then we have the perfect episode to give you the final push. Discover the five surprising reasons to get your first vegetable garden going and how gardening can have a positive impact on your health, community, and the environment. In this episode we talk about: How gardening can actually reduce your plastic waste What food miles are and how what you eat produces carbon emissions Why choosing organic over conventional gardening is better for your health and the environment How getting out in the sun when your gardening can help reduce low back pain What resources are the best to get you started with organic gardening Books and Blogs Mentions: Kelsey’s Five-Part Blog Series on Organic Gardening The All New Square Foot Garden The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible