We all do it. We plant fruit trees and don’t manage to pick all the fruits as they ripen. We buy produce at the farmer’s market or the supermarket and let some of it go bad — not intentionally — but because we don’t get around to eating as fast as we expected. Or we were r

— Nan Sterman What if you could grow most of your family’s vegetables and protein in your own backyard and do it with just a fraction of the water and resources that your in-ground garden requires? According to the people you’ll meet in this week’s episode of A Growing Passion,

— Nan Sterman Take a deep breath in the garden. What do you smell? If you grow citrus, chances are you’re smelling one of the headiest, most intoxicating fragrances imaginable. This is the time of year when backyard citrus erupt in small, fragrant white flowers that will become

I’m so pleased to present tonight’s episode of A Growing Passion on food justice.  It’s an issue that has been near and dear to my heart for many, many years. What is food justice?  My definition is this: food justice is the right of all people to grow, sell, and otherwise have access

About 20 years ago, my friend Judy called me very excited.  “I heard about this new thing that’s about to start,” she said, “you can buy vegetables directly from a farmer. Its all organic and the farm’s just over in Rancho Bernardo.  I’m going to join, do you want to join with me?” It