The practice of home gardening arises as a necessity in the face of the reality of rural life, which involves differentproblems faced by farmers every day. It is important to know the perception that these producers have of the stateof food security in which they find themselves in order to understand the dynamics that are generated aroundthis and the degree of participation and appropriation of this productive idea. In this sense, this diagnostic studywas carried out in the department of Caquetá, in the village of El Pescador in the municipality of San Vicente delCaguán, Santa Rita farm, with a family of cattle and vegetable producers. The results allowed determining that,although the farm carries out other types of production such as cattle raising, the implementation of the vegetablegarden is considered an activity of great importance for the food security of the family and that it generates animprovement in the economic aspect by making their production a business opportunity by commercializing it