Home Harvest USA Total # of Gardens $ Harvest Home Gardens # $ Community Gardens # School Gardens # $ TOTAL # $

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1 USA # of $ Harvest Home # $ Community # $ School # $ TOTAL # $ Calculate the value of food grown in your garden United States North Carolina total harvest value gardens Vegetables Fruit groundcover Fruit bushes Fruit vines Citrus trees Nuts trees Other fruit trees Sq. Ft s Learn more about the program

2 Whether you are gardening at home or in a community or school garden, the fresh fruits and vegetables you grow are increasing local food security and improving health and nutrition. However, little is known about the amount or dollar value of food grown in home, community and school gardens. This website is designed to allow you to use data from the United States Department of Agriculture to estimate the dollar value of produce grown in your garden while at the same time helping us to calculate the impact of food production in home, school, community gardens across the county. All you need to do is answer ten quick questions. We used Data from the United States Department of Agriculture to create our calculator, you can use the link to track the data that we use, calculations and assumptions. FAQ

3 The United States United States Supported by Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Supported by Other Extension of Supported by Extension Produce of of Home Community School Supported by Extension Supported by Other Extension Supported by Extension Average

4 North Carolina North Carolina of Value Average Value Home Community School North Carolina North Carolina / Vegetables Fruit groundcover Fruit bushes Fruit vines Citrus trees Nuts trees PITT dollars in total gardens Value Number

5 Pitt County Pitt County North Carolina of Value Average Value Home Community School Pitt County, North Carolina Pitt County / Vegetables Fruit groundcover Fruit bushes Fruit vines Citrus trees Nuts trees Other fruit Value PITT dollars in total gardens Number Pitt County Home Supported by EMGV Supported by Other Extension Supported by Extension of Garden s Produce

6 Your Value: calculated Pitt County Average Value: calculated North Carolina Average Value: calculated US Nationwide Average Value: calculated PITT dollars in total gardens Your Garden Learn the Value of Produce Grown in Your Garden: Select Your County Please create a separate entry for each garden and only one entry/garden1. Are you reporting for a: Home garden; School garden; Community garden For each row in the table below please identify the number (or ) of plants rate your Crop Yield on a scale of 0 10 where 0 = no food was harvested and 10 = excellent harvest. rate your Crop Quality on a scale of 0 10 where 0 = no food and 10 = excellent quality of harvest. / 2 Vegetables Fruit Groundcover Fruit Bushes Fruit Vines Crop Yield2 Crop Quality2 1. Did an Extension Master Gardener Volunteer provide you with assistance by answering questions, providing information, training or support? 1. Yes 2. No 2. Has Cooperative Extension provided you with resources other than Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, that have been useful including demonstration gardens, classes, workshops, websites, social media or other resources? 1. Yes 2. No Value

7 A Beginner s Guide to Growing Vegetables Great Fruit and Vegetable Recipes Food Preservation (can, freeze, dry, ferment, pickle and more) Fun ideas to make your food garden a landscape

8 Data Vegetable Production Data, Center for Environmental Farming Systems USDA National Retail Summary for Fruits and Vegetables USDA Yearbook Tables The formula used to calculate the dollar value of harvest is below: Value = Number of plants (or sq. ft. of plants) * Average Yield (sq. ft. / of plants) * Value / lbs. * Crop Yield/10* Crop Quality/10

9 Production Data from the Center for Environmental Farming Systems Production data within row spacing (in) btwn rows spacing (in) yield (lbs. yield (lbs. bed plants seed (oz.) yield (lbs. per 100' per 100' spacing rows per row feet plants per per 100' Produce per 100' per acre) row bed (in) bed per acre acre bed Arugula , , ,816 1,800 Basil , ,136 26, Beets , ,136 78, Broccoli , ,424 11, Cabbage , ,424 11, Cantaloupes , ,712 2, Carrots , , ,816 1,800 Cauliflower , ,424 11, Cilantro , ,848 69, Collards , ,424 11, Cucumbers , ,712 8, Dill , , ,544 1,200 Edamame , , ,544 1,200 Eggplant , ,424 8, Fennel , ,136 26, Garlic , ,560 87,120 1,000 Green onions , ,136 78, Kale , ,424 17, Kohlrabi , ,136 5, Lettuce , ,136 34, Mizuna , , ,816 1,800 Mustard greens , ,424 17, Okra , ,136 26, Prepared by Dr. Keith Baldwin, 2011

10 USDA National Retail Report for Fruits and Vegetables This is a sample page from the 38 page document linked above.

11 USDA Yearbook Tables Example for Tree Nuts