Farming suburbia

There’s “local,” as in a farmer’s market downtown, then there’s “local local,” as in you own front yard. In two minutes and 18 seconds, a Wall Street Journal video clip shows how a Boulder, Colorado, couple has turned their front yard into growing space for tomatoes, bok choi and beets—and the yards of eight of their neighbors. The switch eliminates greenhouse gases from lawnmowers and allows all the homeowners to “eat the view” throughout the growing season. Watch video