2017 ASHS Annual Conference

In order to facilitate the collection of data on food grown in home, school and community gardens and to determine the volume and economic value of home grown produce we created an on-line calculator, HomeHarvest.org. Users enter the square feet of vegetables, fruit groundcovers, fruit bushes and fruit vines in their garden, along with the number of nut trees, citrus trees and other fruit trees. They also rate their crop yield and crop quality. In addition, they indicate whether an Extension Master Gardener Volunteer or Cooperative Extension provided assistance. Based on USDA data, the calculator computes the estimated yield and the economic value of the harvest. It aggregates the data by county, by state and nationally. Data for home, school and community gardens can be examined separately.