Nutrition in Your Backyard: Being Healthier with Home Gardening

NUTRITION IN YOUR BACKYARD: BEING HEALTHIER WITH HOME GARDENING For a $1 of green beans seeds you can yield $75 green beans crops per year. 25% 0O0000000000000 000000000O00000 000000000000000 0000000000 Eating fruits and vegetables can reduce risk of a heart attack up to 25 percent. Good fats like olive oil, guacamole, nuts, or seeds can help keep you full. 20% Gardening can help you burn up to 300 calories per half hour Since 2007, there has been a 20% increase in home gardening. Growing fruits and vegetables for the family has been proven to encourage young children to eat them in larger quantities. $600 -70% Store bought vegetables can lose up to 77 percent of their nutritional value On an average, a family of four can save about $600 a year in produce by gardening. en route from the farms to the stores. J UnitedHealthcare NUTRITION IN YOUR BACKYARD: BEING HEALTHIER WITH HOME GARDENING For a $1 of green beans seeds you can yield $75 green beans crops per year. 25% 0O0000000000000 000000000O00000 000000000000000 0000000000 Eating fruits and vegetables can reduce risk of a heart attack up to 25 percent. Good fats like olive oil, guacamole, nuts, or seeds can help keep you full. 20% Gardening can help you burn up to 300 calories per half hour Since 2007, there has been a 20% increase in home gardening. Growing fruits and vegetables for the family has been proven to encourage young children to eat them in larger quantities. $600 -70% Store bought vegetables can lose up to 77 percent of their nutritional value On an average, a family of four can save about $600 a year in produce by gardening. en route from the farms to the stores. J UnitedHealthcare