Volume
51
Issue
6
DOI
10.34068/joe.51.06.26
Abstract
The childhood obesity epidemic in America is a national health crisis (Let's Move, 2008). Areas across the nation exist with low access to healthy food by either being low income or more than a mile from a supermarket. Gardening has become a popular route to provide access to healthy foods. However, arid conditions and poor soils in the Southwest contribute to an on-going and challenging effort to grow fresh food supplies. To alleviate these problems, Extension agents teach that straw bale gardens offer an easy planting medium with multiple advantages.
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Recommended Citation
Tessman, D., Gressley, K., & Gibson, R. (2013). Straw Bales as a Planting Medium. The Journal of Extension, 51(6), Article 26. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.51.06.26
