Homegrown for Good Donate Homegrown for Good Growing food organically—at home or in community gardens—can benefit wildlife, the environment and neighborhoods in need of healthful food and connection to nature. Jessica Snyder Sachs Apr 01, 2021 In a Utah garden, a hoary squash bee visits a squash blossom, just one of a myriad of food plants that provide pollen and nectar for native insects. (Photo by Clay Bolt) ON A RECENT MORNING in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, Karin Jokela and her daughter, two-year-old Ani, are exploring the wildlife flitting and buzzing about their backyard produce garden. Ani inspects a bumble bee on a coneflower, one of many native flowering plants growing among Jokela’s vegetables, herbs and berries. “Is this the mama bee?” Ani asks, leaning closer—clearly intrigued by the busy visitor.