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An Invention of Necessity and a Greener Way to Grow [FGN Extra]( March 2, 2024  From our friends at CowPots. ---------------------------------------------------------------  [CowPots](  [CowPots]( Use Coupon Code: FGNCP20 for $20.00 off your first order - offer expires 3/31.   [CowPots]( Plastic Free Planting with CowPots There are sustainable alternatives to plastic bags when we go grocery shopping, but why are most of our plants still growing in single use plastic pots? Did you know, every year the horticultural industry generates 500 million tons of plastic waste! It’s time to say goodbye to plastic in your garden and do better for our plants and planet! It can start with a simple shift by choosing renewable and biodegradable options for our seed starting supplies.  [CowPots]( From our Farm to Your Garden We started forming flower pots out of composted manure on our family’s dairy farm 20 years ago. It all began because Farmer Matt realized that his cows make an abundance of manure and he needed to get more creative with how we handled this resource. In addition to the cows on the farm, we also have a farm market and garden center. He noticed the peat pots that were planted in the garden each spring were still intact the following year. He wondered if he could make a better biodegradable pot that would hold up in the greenhouse and break down in the same growing season, while delivering nutrients from farm to garden. Through years of trial and error, he discovered a process to form pots using the renewable byproduct being produced on his dairy farm each day… and he calls them [CowPots](  [CowPots]( Use Coupon Code: FGNCP20 for $20.00 off your first order - offer expires 3/31.  [CowPots]( Cowpots Q&A: Home gardener: “I have started my tomatoes seeds in your #3 pots. As they grow can I transplant them into larger #4 pots, (#3 pot and all) or do I have to remove the seedling from the # 3 and transplant it into the #4?” CowPots Team: “Yes, you can absolutely set the #3 pots into the #4 pots, intact. No need to crush or tear the pot and no need to remove the seedling. Top fill with potting soil to cover the smaller pot and the roots will continue to grow through the pot walls with no problem.” Home Gardener: “Thank You. I was hoping that was the answer. Not having to transplant the seedlings and watch them go into shock is awesome.”  [CowPots]( Change starts with a single pot. You have a sustainable choice that is completely renewable, recycled and biodegradable. Ask for CowPots at your local garden center and join the plastic-free planting revolution with us! Sincerely, [CowPots] contact@cowpots.com For sales inquiries in Canada: contact Earth Alive Clean Technologies, info@earthalivect.com  [CowPots]( Use Coupon Code: FGNCP20 for $20.00 off your first order - offer expires 3/31.  You are receiving this email as part of your free subscription to email updates from Food Gardening Network. If you no longer wish to receive this update as part of your free subscription, please click the unsubscribe link below. [MANAGE PREFERENCES]( [Unsubscribe]( Help us be sure your email update isn't filtered as spam. Adding our return address [Support@foodgardening.mequoda.com](mailto:support@foodgardening.mequoda.com) to your address book may 'whitelist' us with your filter, helping future email updates get to your inbox. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( [Send us a message]( Did a friend send this to you? [Sign up to receive your own FREE advice about growing food at home.]( Copyright © 2024 Mequoda Systems, LLC Food Gardening Network 99 Derby Street, Suite 200 Hingham, MA 02043 Email: Support@foodgardening.mequoda.com [Our Privacy Policy]( Having trouble viewing this email? [View this email on the web](.