There has been a strong interest in cultivating home gardens, especially those that grow food, ever since the strict restrictions of the pandemic kept people at home for long periods. Many research studies have documented this trend and have even counted as benefits the stress relief, improved mood, and the feeling of connecting with nature that home gardeners get from the activity. Home gardens that produce food have been around for many years long before the pandemic. But more so today, with this interest being encouraged by many government and non-government organizations as a solution to the rising food prices, and food shortage that experts have been warning about due to many factors, one of them the Russia-Ukraine war. A study entitled “Home gardens: A promising approach to enhance household food security and wellbeing” said: “Recognizing the value and potential of home gardens for enhancing food security and livelihoods, numerous initiatives have been launched by governmental, non-governmental, and international organizations in many developing countries that are providing support and building local capacity to enhance the productivity, and also for scaling up home garden activities.” A remarkable program that is a product of this trend is now appearing on social media and online sites as the Food Always In The Home (FAITH) program. That’s not new, it was introduced in 1974 by the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation (ARLDF) in Davao del Sur which promoted the FAITH garden technology to provide enough food for the daily needs of households, according to the study, “Surviving the city through home gardens.” In 1996, former Senator Joey Lina, who was then the governor of Laguna, started the FAITH program on a demo farm at the back of the Provincial Capitol building. Staff of other government units trained there and replicated the initiative. Later, the National Nutrition Council adopted it as a national program and put up almost a replica of the Laguna FAITH Demo Farm in the NNC compound with the Laguna staff preparing and developing the farm, Lina told the Manila Bulletin. Today, many organizations have successfully adopted the FAITH program. One is a community-based livelihood project of the Indang Church of the Nazarene that started in 2021. It distributes “fruiting bags” to grow mushrooms to barangays. The initiative has given livelihood to many people in Bulacan, who also work in processing the agricultural produce. In 2020, home gardens under the FAITH program bloomed in Mindanao, under the Department of Education in Davao Region which encouraged personnel in the division to adopt it “because of its positive implications,” “by utilizing any available spaces for gardening and food production.” The seeds were distributed by the Provincial Agriculturist’s Office in partnership with the Department of Agriculture XI-High Value Crops Development Program, the department proudly shared on its website. There are many success stories of home gardens and even community gardens. It’s time to start one on any space – on pots, in the backyard, or an empty lot – any space where one can grow food can contribute to food security and save on the cost of food. As Sen. Lina said: “So much can be done with LGUs and the national government working with the people to ensure food security.”