Why Sustainable

Eating local and sustainable food is healthier for you and for the environment. Food that is grown and harvested locally is usually given more time to ripen, increasing its nutrient value. Eating sustainably-grown crops reduces the potential human health and environmental consequences of pesticides. The greater the distance food has to travel to the consumer, the greater the contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. In addition, buying local food encourages farmers to diversify their crops,  decreasing vulnerability to pests, extreme weather and disease.

For more information on this subject, explore the Healthy and Sustainable Food Program at the Center for Health and the Global Environment – chge.med.harvard.edu

The food grown in the Harvard Community Garden is grown with compost collected from Harvard’s organic landscaping program and crops are never treated with chemicals. We strive to cultivate heirloom varieties and provide a diverse harvest.