A new book, ‘Survival Gardening’ shows you how to grow food if supply chains break down

Just as you have a supply of candles and batteries or even a generator on hand for power outages, and a supply of bottled water available in case of a water shut-off in your neighborhood, it’s probably a good idea to always have crops growing in your home and garden to sustain yourself if there is an interruption in delivery of fruits and vegetables to the grocery store or, for that matter, a breakdown in the supply chain of food transport in general. “Survival Gardening” (Storey Press, 2025), by Sam Coffman, addresses this concern.