BOSTON, April 14, 2021 / PRNewswire-PRWeb / – Home food gardening is on the rise, and Mequoda Systems is answering the call using Food Gardening Network, an online platform specially tailored to meet the needs of home gardeners – from beginners to avid amateurs to experts at free tips from a monthly digital magazine to full-length collections focused on a single food item.
The Covid-19 pandemic inspired more people to do home gardening or strengthen their current gardens. However, they did not have a single reliable resource to get all the information they needed to get their gardens up and running. In the spring of 2020, when the pandemic led to shortages of essential consumer goods and slowed the delivery of products in some regions, the development of the Food Gardening Network and the launch of the website began in January 2021.
The Food Gardening Network is a community-oriented network dedicated to helping home gardeners providing advice on growing anything from fruits and vegetables to grains, herbs and spices – with tips on how to optimize your garden, regardless of its size. The Food Gardening Network is the perfect one-stop home gardener resource, whether they have lots of land, a number of raised beds, or a collection of containers on their deck or balcony.
For some people, gardening is a hobby. for others it is a passion. The Food Gardening Network fosters the energy and interest of home gardeners with a wealth of information and inspiration. Its content is unique: it not only offers tips and advice for growing your own food at home, but also recipes for enjoying the fruits of your labor, as well as the nutritional and health benefits of each food.
Digital content only
There’s enough content on the Food Gardening Network to fill a print magazine, but the CEO of Mequoda Systems Don Nicholas and his team decided to keep everything digital and include videos in the magazine. “One of the main advantages of such a digital network is that readers never lose an issue. They never have to rummage through their pile of magazines to find the poached pear recipe they love so much.” The Food Gardening Network offers something for every type of gardener and four important platforms to serve them:
Food Gardening Collections: This is original content that has been researched and written to provide thorough reader exposure that is informative and entertaining. The collections are evergreen and designed to be particularly user-friendly: readers can follow the table of contents and read the entire collection from front to back or select the sections that appeal to them most. The editorial team produces three new reference collections every month.
Food Gardening Magazine: The monthly magazine issues, the Food Gardening Network’s second content framework, preview three collections as well as three original articles that guide various aspects of food gardening – like planting for your taste buds or making your own marshmallows or harvesting herbs use it all winter. The Gardener’s Notebook ties all parts together and offers home gardeners inspiration to try something new.
Food Gardening Network Daily: This third content framework from the Food Gardening Network offers regular readers a quick snack-sized engagement to entice them to read the site for a more in-depth look. All tip categories and the editorial calendar are selected on the basis of a comprehensive keyword universe with more than 30,000 keyword phrases on the subject of food horticulture. The Daily Tips will appear in emails, the daily section of the website, daily and weekly newsletters, and any social media posting activity.
Food Gardening Network Freebies: Who Doesn’t Like Something For Free? The giveaway incentives are designed to give website visitors a hearty choice of what to expect when they become Premium Members. The freebies are also used as bonus content for existing members to give to friends and family members who also enjoy gardening at home.
membership
Bronze membership in the Food Gardening Network is free and includes the Food Gardening Network Daily and freebies with limited access to the magazine and collections. Charter Gold membership is currently available for 95 ¢ / week and includes full access to all content on the Food Gardening Network. Site visitors have limited access to the Food Gardening Network Daily, the magazine, and the collections.
Mequoda Systems isn’t new to this purely digital approach. Back in 2014, Mequoda helped Prime Publishing launch America’s first web-based digital magazine publishing system, I Like Crochet. Now Mequoda is taking its own advice with the launch of the Food Gardening Network. Employing Mequoda’s best practices for design, content and functionality, the company believes it has found the recipe for success to serve the home gardening market in a unique, engaging and useful format.
About the Food Gardening Network: The Food Gardening Network was founded by home gardeners and home gardeners. The mission is to provide gardeners with tips, tools, advice, and recipes for growing and enjoying good food at home. During the Covid-19 pandemic, which began in 2020, it became clear that home-cooking gardening was becoming beyond a hobby for many home gardeners. The Food Gardening Network was launched in January 2021 as a comprehensive resource for gardeners of all skill levels with in-depth articles on planning, planting, caring for and harvesting home garden crops. The Food Gardening Network also includes easy-to-prepare recipes so home gardeners can enjoy the fruits of their labor in delicious, creative ways.
About Mequoda: For nearly two decades, Mequoda has researched and expanded the evolving art and science of digital magazine publishing. Our methods and frameworks are used worldwide to operate state-of-the-art publishing systems for digital magazines. Our Haven WordPress software platform hosts more than a dozen different digital publishing and marketing systems including the Cabot Wealth Network, the Financial Freedom Federation, the Food Gardening Network, the I Like Crochet Network, the I Like Knitting Network, the negotiation program Harvard Law School, RecipeLion Clubs, TSI Network, Yankee and your AAA Network.
Contact: To request free press access to the Food Gardening Network or to speak to a member of our team, please contact Christy Page at Christy@Mequoda.com or (617) 217-2559. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest @FoodGardeningNW and on Facebook @FoodGardeningNetwork
Media contact
Christy Page, Mequoda Systems, LLC, (617) 217-2559, Christy@Mequoda.com
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