Table 2.

Comparisons of Food Intake and Food Security Before and After Gardening Project

Food Intake/Security Variables	Pre-Garden	Post Garden*	p value
Frequency that Adults in Household Eat Vegetables (n=33)			<0.001
Several times a day	18.2%	84.8%
Once a Day	45.5%	12.1%
A few times a week	33.3%	3.0%
Almost never	3.0%	0
Frequency that Children <18 Years Old in Household Eat Vegetables (n=25)			0.003
Several times a day	24.0%	64.0%
Once a Day	44.0%	32.0%
A few times a week	32.0%	4.0%
Almost never	0	0
Frequency in Past Month that Family Worried Food Would Run Out Before Money was Available to Buy More (n=32)			0.006
Never	68.8%	96.9%
Sometimes (a few times a year)	15.6%	3.1%
Frequently (at least once a month)	15.6%	0
All the time	0	0
Frequency in Past Month that Adults Skipped Meals Due to Lack of Money to Buy Food (n=33)			0.32
Never	93.9%	97.0%
Sometimes (a few times a year)	3.0%	3.0%
Frequently (at least once a month)	3.0%	0
All the time	0	0
Frequency in Past Month that Children <18 Years Old Skipped Meals Due to Lack of Money to Buy Food (n=27)			0.32
Never	100%	96.3%
Sometimes (a few times a year)	0	3.7%
Frequently (at least once a month)	0	0
All the time	0	0

^*Wording in the post gardening questionnaire referred to community gardening - e.g., During the summer when your gardening was producing did you skip means because you ran out of money?