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FROM A SELFISH perspective, this hot, quarrelsome month has brought two great joys to your columnist. It gave him his first opportunity to take part in American democracy, in the [...]

By Dana Bowen THE KIND CITIZENS OF ATHENS, New York, (population 1,603) thought I was crazy when, two months into quarantining here, I dug up my entire backyard to plant [...]

FOR SOMEONE who didn't consider herself much of a gardener, Rachel Weill had quite a harvest last summer. After producing nearly 140 pounds of vegetables and herbs in her first-real [...]

Photographs By Roger Foley At 5 feet 9 inches, Linda Riley is a tall woman, but her tomato plants stand taller. She is pointing to the trellis she installed to […]

I certainly know the tone of horticultural anxiety when I hear it. One of my oldest friends--one who, despite loving her garden, has an uncertain bedrock of knowledge upon which [...]

When Hailey Fort was six, she saw a person who was homeless standing on the street in her town. She wanted to help him, so she and her mom gave [...]

Chappelle lives in Mountain Brook, Alabama with his parents. He practically grew up raising vegetables in their backyard farm. He intends to live on his own farm and grow vegetables and raise cows. His garden now has cherry tomatoes, eggplants and zucchinis.

Some of my earliest memories of childhood are associated with the vegetable garden that sprawled at the back of our property. What would now be known as a trendy suburban [...]

The city of San Bernardino, Calif., isn't catching many breaks these days. City officials filed for bankruptcy protection in August. The police and fire departments are facing deep budget cuts, [...]

Katie Stagliano (above) wants to make sure no one goes to bed hungry. And she's achieving that goal one vegetable at a time. The fifth grader from Summerville, South Carolina, [...]

SAN FRANCISCO IT IS not often that a county jail does something to arouse the interest of the federal government's Department of Agriculture. One of the things prisoners can do [...]

How some Northern California gardeners pool their resources and talents to feed the hungry It's the middle of summer in Sonoma County, California, the peak of the vegetable-growing season. Here, […]

Katie Stagliano wants to make sure no one goes to bed hungry. And she's achieving that goal one fresh vegetable at a time. The filth-grade student from Summerville, S.C., started [...]

This year, why not share your backyard bounty with someone other than your next-door neighbor? Join the Garden Writers Association's grassroots campaign to fight hunger by cultivating an extra row [...]

Daniel Simon knew he wasn't speeding when the cop pulled up behind him in rural Virginia. It was impossible to go too fast. Turned out the officer was just curious--he'd [...]

Almost every city and town has at least one program or organization with a mission to feed the hungry. Some soup kitchens are staffed and funded entirely by volunteer efforts, […]