Our garden's goal is to teach our organization's members the true value of working hard and self-reliance. To accomplish this, we seek to plant our own vegetables and since vegetables take time to mature, the members will have to be diligent in taking care of the plants, teaching the members the idea of hard work. At the same time, the fully-grown vegetables are edible and provide our bodies with nutrition. Thus, growing vegetables displays self-reliance since the members will understand that they are able to grow their own produce rather than always relying on the stores.