home food gardening trends

**"Roger Doiron" r*@kitchengardeners.org**

Are the home-grown food habits of farmers indicative of a larger gardening
trend? If so, then the recently published 2005 statistics from the USDA show
home-gardening at its lowest point (per capita) in US history, down 15% from
2004.

The data is available here:
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/CPIFoodAndExpenditures/Data/table2.htm 

As garden writers and media specialists, how do we draw attention to the
endangered species known as the family vegetable patch?

How low does the home gardening data have to go before it becomes a news
story and not a garden story?  

Or, am I just out of touch?  I'd love to have someone tell me that home food
production is in a better state than I can see in my area or in the USDA
stats.

Thanks,

Roger 

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