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  THE VEGGIE CLINIC

       THE VEGGIE CLINIC was established to provide you with all the information and support you might need to successfully grow the majority of food for yourself, your family, friends and neighbors. Committed to the principles of organic growing and earth friendly, sustainable agriculture, DR. TOMATO strives to take the mystery and fear out of gardening. He also truly believes that gardening should be fun, philosophically rewarding, strengthen family and community bonds, be good for the earth and require little work for large yields.

       The current food production and distribution system is neither sustainable nor secure. Local farmers cannot produce enough food to supply all our neighbors and friends with fresh, high quality, locally grown, healthy foods. DR. TOMATO believes that a return to a higher level of self-responsibility for something as basic as producing food returns benefits greater than just fresh, healthy food.

     Here at THE VEGGIE CLINIC you need no appointment. You can access information at any time. You can write in and ask DR. TOMATO questions. The main goal of THE VEGGIE CLINIC will be to provide all the information you need to establish a home or community garden. In addition, however, we will try to provide information and resources that we hope will help you live a healthier and happier life. Current medical findings and recommendations, diet and nutrition information, exercise and training, philosophical tidbits, recipes for in season foods, tips on “green living”, and things that we hope will just make you smile.

     We believe that, for most people, growing and sharing food has deeper roots than just producing that perfect tomato. Rather, it is about self, family, community connection and our relationship with the natural world. It is about the health of the philosophical mind as well as the physical body. It is about our connection with all of those who came before us and struggled to provide for their families. It is about the connection with the millions of people around the globe who struggle every day to put food on their family’s table.

     So walk right into THE VEGGIE CLINIC! Take a little time to explore the various aspects of the sight. Understand that it will be constantly growing. Sign up for the newsletter. Past newsletters are archived and contain articles on everything from soil science and plant genetics to container growing and tomato hornworms! Think of suggestions you might have for making this site a more useful resource for you and others who access it. And spend a little time thinking about what gardening and food really mean to you.

Contact Dr. Tomato:  info@theveggieclinic.com