When you have everything you could ever grow and more in local grocery store produce section, why bother gardening? Despite our modern society’s incredible abundance, growing and gardening at home has been on a consistent rise each year across North America and in other nations around the globe, even amongst younger age groups.

“Sustainability” is an industry buzzword, but it essentially means to endure or exist at a minimal cost, whether that cost is financial, environmental, or even psychological. Living a sustainable and self-reliant lifestyle is not about moving backwards to a less industrialized or convenient time, it’s about utilizing the incredible technology and knowledge society has amassed to find new solutions using the oldest of methods.