title: Food Gardeners' Productivity in Laramie, Wyoming: More Than a Hobby.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We quantified the productivity of food gardens in Laramie, Wyoming, over 3 growing seasons.
  
  
  METHODS
  From 2012 to 2014, 33 participating gardening households weighed and recorded each harvest. Academic partners measured plot sizes and converted reported harvest weights to volume in cups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The yield of the average 253-square-foot plot was enough to supply an adult with the daily US Department of Agriculture-recommended amount of vegetables for 9 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gardeners produced nutritionally meaningful quantities of food; thus, food gardening offers promise as an effective public health intervention for improving food security and nutritional health.
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Shannon J. Conk was a graduate student in the Division of Kinesiology and Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie. Christine M. Porter was with the Division of Kinesiology and Health, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
authors.forename: Shannon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Conk
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Shannon J. Conk was a graduate student in the Division of Kinesiology and Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie. Christine M. Porter was with the Division of Kinesiology and Health, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D051639:Gardening / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D012621:Seasons; D014959:Wyoming