I've heard that there are a lot more people planting gardens this year, yes. I'm not doing more than some beans and peppers due to previous experience with our

I've heard that there are a lot more people planting gardens this year, yes. I'm not doing more than some beans and peppers due to previous experience with our desert summers, but if I was somewhere more temperate / water-rich, I'd definitely be doing it. My high school had an FFA chapter that had a small garden behind the shop building; students with room at home would also raise sheep, cattle, and hogs. There weren't a lot of people in FFA, though. I think gardening, at the very least, would be a good addition to the curriculum... ideally I'd like to see all students taking at least one home economics / shop type course every year beginning in middle school, but if wishes were horses...