Benefits of organic terrace farming :

Gives you and your family true nutrition

Nutrition from vegetables can only be obtained if you grow them yourself. Vegetables will have nutrients in them only if the soil on which they were grown had those essential nutrients. Most often store bought vegetables are grown on a sub standard soil using inorganic fertilizers. Hence such produce lack in essential nutrients.
You get true nutrition from vegetables only when they are grown on healthy and wholesome soil and when you consume them as soon as they are picked. And this is possible if you are growing you vegetables at home using a rich potting mix in your own organic terrace garden using organic soil enhancers like compost.

Ensures your food is free of poison

You can not just escape from pesticide drenched vegetables in urban life. As fertility of soil is on a downslide due to use of chemical fertilizers, plants are getting weaker every single hour and day. Hence pests and insects are able to easily attack such plants. To save the crop the farmer uses pesticides, which further deteriorates the soil, weakens the plant. And thus a vicious circle is created.
Traces of poisonous pesticides are found on almost all vegetables available in market today. Even when you buy organic vegetables they still could have traces of pesticides as they are not immune to the pesticides carried by air and water from neighbouring fields. One of the benefits of organic gardening is that you’ll be able to avoid such poison laden vegetables for your daily consumption to a great extent.

You enjoy better tasting vegetables

It’s a very well known fact that vegetables grown organically taste much better. Because they are grown without pesticides ,they are bound to taste better. Not only do they taste better, their texture and structure is also superior. They are fleshier, have more flavour and take much less time to cook. Most of the vegetables can also be eaten raw.

Conserves Food

Organic waste in and around your home goes back to your plants. A composting unit is an integral part of a sizable organic terrace garden. All waste generated from your kitchen goes to this composting unit, which in turn goes back to your plants. This completes the cycle. This process of conserving food waste also puts less pressure on the waste disposal system. Waste from cities is just dumped in the outskirts of the city, which pollutes the soil, air and water. When you recycle your biodegradable waste so it can be useful for your garden, not only you have made waste useful, you have also done your bit towards the environment.
Moreover, when we buy from the store we are sometimes forced to buy more than what we need. For example you may have to buy a whole bunch of cilantro, though your requirement may be just a few leaves and stalks. The other portion is wasted. When you have your own kitchen garden you take what is needed.

Saves Money

To start with growing your own food may seem a costly affair. There will be costs incurred to get the containers, soil, compost and seeds. But most of these expenditures are done only once in the life cycle of your garden. The only real expenditure you’ll be incurring on a regular basis for your garden is for seeds and watering. Nature does not charge any money to do its job and when you show respect to nature it rewards you with its bounty. So in effect you actually get your food for free from nature. And when you don’t have to go to the store to buy vegetables, you automatically save on travel costs. If you eat healthy food you can reduce your visits to the doctor !

Others

Reduces air conditioning costs by bringing down indoor temperatures by 6-8C . Lastly let’s not forget - air quality , aesthetics , mental health ( gardening is a proven stress buster!) and a carbon sink.