Eat Your Greens: The Surprising Power of Homegrown Leaf Crops

Turn over a new leaf with these nutritional powerhouses for your kitchen garden

This book should be on the shelf of every serious gardener. —Steve Solomon, Author of Gardening When it Counts and Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades

A practical instructional manual on how to grow and prepare leafy edible plants, many of which are unavailable at grocery stores and farmers markets, overlooked by gardeners and rarely considered in the kitchen… reading this book could change lives, communities and society for the better. —Sean Clark, Professor and Farm Director, Berea College

With more nutrients per calorie and square foot of growing space than any other food, leaf crops can be an invaluable addition to every yard or garden. As hardy as they are versatile, these beautiful, tasty vegetables range from the familiar to the exotic. Some part of this largely untapped food resource can thrive in almost any situation.

Eat Your Greens provides complete instructions for incorporating these nutritional powerhouses into any kitchen garden. This innovative guide:
• Shows how familiar garden plants such as sweet potato, okra, beans, peas and pumpkins can be grown to provide both nourishing leaves and other calorie- and protein-rich foods
• Introduces a variety of non-traditional alternatives readily adapted to local growing conditions, such as chaya, moringa, toon and wolfberry
• Explains how to improve your soil while getting plenty of vegetables by growing edible cover crops.

Beginning with a comprehensive overview of modern commercial agriculture, and rounded out by a selection of advanced techniques and easy recipes to maximize, preserve and prepare your harvest, Eat Your Greens is an invaluable addition to the library of any gardening enthusiast.

A great resource for those wishing to increase their food security, Eat Your Greens offers detailed information on growing, eating, and preserving greens that both novice and experienced gardeners will welcome.—Susan Littlefield, Horticultural Editor – National Gardening Association

Eat Your Greens is a refreshingly thoughtful and practical book for the new wave of savvy gardeners interested in exploring the full potential of home gardens. — —Anita Courtney, M.S.,R.D., Chairperson / Tweens Nutrition and Fitness Coalition

Dave Kennedy is the founder and director of Leaf for Life, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the elimination of global malnutrition through the optimum use of leaf crops, and the author of 21st Century Greens and the Leaf for Life Handbook.