UPDATE:   The free seeds part of the Help Grow Your Soup promotion are not genetically modified seeds whatsoever.  Thank you for asking!

This Earth Day, I’m partnering with Campbell’s Soup Company to grow 1 BILLION (yes, BILLION) tomatoes across America to help America get their gardening going (er, growing!).    For the first time in Campbell’s 100+ year history, they are giving away the actual tomato seeds used to make their iconic tomato soup, for free!    All you have to do is redeem the code from the bottom of any condensed can of Campbell’s soup at HelpGrowYourSoup.com and a packet of seeds will be sent to you right away.  While you’re at the website, you can help donate seeds, too.  Just click on the GROW button and 50 seeds will be donated to the Future Farmers of America.   All you have to do is click everyday!

On Thursday, April 16th, I’ll be in the Bronx neighborhood of New York City helping to kick-off a new community garden.   I’m joining Urban Farming, The National Future Farmers of America and Campbell’s to unveil the new community garden that features an amazing vertical garden that grows vegetables upwards, saving space and adding visual interest to a community garden.  Check out this pic!

I’ll be doing live media interviews that day, so tune in your local news stations that day to learn some easy tips on how you, too, can start a vegetable garden at home.   It’s really a huge shift this Spring (just look at the White House vegetable garden that just broke ground) and I hope you’ll join me in gardening at home.

And here’s a short video explaining the Help Grow Your Soup billion seed challenge.  Enjoy!