Grow Enough Series
The Grow Enough Series (GES) is a household home-grown vegetable initiative aimed at encouraging self-sufficiency in vegetables and/or herbs of choice. It is a fun program designed to advance communality, getting to know one another more in the community and advancing food security in our households and communities. GES will enlighten participants on how to produce enough of a named vegetable or herb to meet the need of a household of 1-5 people in a year. Using tomato (the most popular vegetable in America) as an example, GES will train individuals and/or families on how to produce enough tomato to feed themselves round the year. Apart from contributing to healthy eating and healthy living (eating fresh is eating smart and healthy), such effort will contribute to the household’s and community’s food security and that of the nation and humanity in general. Also, participants will enjoy learning how to grow, manage, and harvest crops and handle produce safely after harvest until ready for consumption. Who qualifies to participate? GES is for anyone (and everyone) interested in producing their own vegetables or herbs in their own home or garden or outside in a community garden near them. Training is practical and simple to follow. It is inexpensive to adopt and sufficiently flexible to accommodate people’s circumstances and limitations in terms of space, literacy level, plant growth requirements and other logistics. GES is a total 6-hr online training program spread over six weeks between the months of April and May. It is an evening class taught once a week between 6 and 7pm. Online registration opens in early February and closes end of March. Registration Fee is $150 per person and $250 per household. Zoom Meeting ID is 7179983641; Passcode 72120. At the end of GES, a short quiz will be taken by the participants and a Certificate of Merit will be issued to trainees.