My interest in home gardening and multispecies interactions aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Earth, particularly protecting, restoring and promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, halting and reversing land degradation and biodiversity loss. Rattan Lal from Ohio State University promotes practicing home gardening and urban agriculture (HGUA) as important strategies towards the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (2020). The roles of home gardening and urban agriculture have been underrated: in food security and providing ecosystem services such as microclimate, plant biodiversity, water quality and reduction of run-off as well as human health. HGUA can reduce […]

