Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jose Ramirez, an artist, elementary schoolteacher and residential orchardist, takes a walk through his backyard. (Jason Armond / ...

I eat a lot of fruit: strawberries, blueberries, apples, bananas, all purchased during my weekly trips to the grocery store. But many Atlantans aren’t as fortunate as I am. Struggling to feed their ...

Artist-teacher-gardener Jose Ramirez never considered a lawn for his Boyle Heights neighborhood home in Los Angeles. Instead, he created a smorgasbord landscape of fruit. This is no ordinary orchard, ...