{"id":122452,"date":"2022-08-15T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/2022\/08\/15\/why-we-turn-to-gardening-in-hard-times\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:51:03","slug":"why-we-turn-to-gardening-in-hard-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/why-we-turn-to-gardening-in-hard-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Turn To Gardening in Hard Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted<\/a> of inventory and reported<\/a> \u201cunprecedented\u201d demand. Within the U.S., the trend has been<\/a> compared<\/a> to World War II victory gardening<\/a>, when Americans grew food at home to support the war effort and feed their families.<\/p>\n

The analogy is surely convenient. But it reveals only one piece in a much bigger story about why people garden in hard times. Americans have long turned to the soil in moments of upheaval to manage anxieties and imagine alternatives. My research<\/a> has even led me to see gardening as a hidden landscape of desire for belonging and connection; for contact with nature; and for creative expression and improved health.<\/p>\n

These motives have varied across time as growers respond to different historical circumstances. Today, what drives people to garden may not be the fear of hunger so much as hunger for physical contact, hope for nature\u2019s resilience, and a longing to engage in work that is real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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