The healthiest and most climate-conscious food is local, and organic, and in-season. A vegetable garden in the backyard ticks ...

Across the country, more people are turning unused corners of their yards into small food systems that nourish both their bodies and their neighborhoods. Backyard vegetable plots cut the emissions ...

Mr. Buckner, a neighbor in our Ninth Ward New Orleans neighborhood, planted vegetables in his backyard. The Buckners, who had no children, taught me, my sister and Freddie who lived next door how to ...

In NH, a husband‑and‑wife’s backyard project becomes a magical public garden that delights. What started as a quiet backyard project for Jill, a psychotherapist, and Bob, a physician, slowly grew into ...

If you want healthy food, experts say to eat what’s local, organic and in-season. Those foods benefit the planet too, because they are less taxing on the soil and they don’t travel as far. Record cold ...