Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Feeding yourself and your family can become critical when the food supply systems are disrupted or external factors impact you.

Now is the best time to learn how to grow a diverse range of local plants:

• Green leafy vegetables (in pots, containers, sacks, garden beds)
• Herbs for nutrition and flavour
• Fruit, nut or seed trees to be prepared for the future (e.g. moringa, avocado, nut, fruit tree)
• Look ahead to consider planting any traditional or local staple crops (cassava, millet, traditional rice, sweet potato, bananas, teff, or choclo)

How can you help yourself by growing and eating a range of local food plants?

Look in the Food Plants International Database if you are not sure what can grow in your country, region or ecological zone (31000 plant species): www.foodplantsinternational.com