Home Farming Day is April 12

Triscuit (yes, those yummy little crackers!) has proclaimed Tuesday, April 12, 2011 Home Farming Day, with events in NYC, LA, and Tampa.  

Triscuit launched a new social network, Home Farming, helping people start their own home farm.  Members can share photos, receive badges a la FourSquare, and ask and answer questions about growing your own food.  The site also has lots of tips for growing veggies in your backyard and even recipes, too!

There's also a sweepstakes to win $1000 towards your farm.  

In addition to launching the Home Farming website, to celebrate Home Farming Day, Triscuit is: 

• Working with Urban Farming, a non-profit orginzation devoting to growing food on unused land and plant 65 community-based farms around the country.  
• Doubling the number of Triscuit boxes with seed cards for planting basil and dill.

Even if you don't live in a city with Home Farming Day events, consider celebrating it on your own.   Start planning out your garden if you live somewhere that you can't garden year-round.   Go to your local nursery and buy some seeds (or order some online), and begin your seedlings inside.