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A Microfarm Grows in an L.A. Front Yard The founder of Asante Microfarm hopes his farm will serve as a model for bringing fresh produce to underserved communities. May 20, 2021, 11am PDT | Diana Ionescu | An urban gardener in Los Angeles has transformed a small front yard into a thriving microfarm, reports Donovan X. Ramsey in the Los Angeles Times. Jamiah Hargins, who started with a backyard garden and swapping produce with neighbors, now manages a farm that "can grow over 600 plants and feed about 50 families." According to Food Forward Agency Relations Manager Pearson King, Asante Mic...

Print Jamiah Hargins knows the modest frontyard at the corner of Angeles Vista Boulevard and Olympiad Drive like the back of his hand. A military brat who grew up moving from one country to another, he has traversed the yard’s 970 square feet countless times. He and a small team of volunteers spent a month cultivating the land, installing equipment and planting sloping rows of vegetables, including bok choy, Tuscan kale, rainbow chard, red cherry tomatoes, basil and chives. It’s enough to cause people in this View Park neighborhood, including their regular mailman, to gawk at the lush gr...