Their front-yard kitchen gardens, with everything from vegetables to herbs and salad greens, are a source of food, a topic of conversation with the neighbors and a political statement. While people have been growing food in their backyards forever, front-yard vegetable gardens are a growing outlet for people whose backyards are too shady or too small, as well as those who want to spread their beliefs one tomato at a time. Leigh Anders, who tore up about half her front lawn four years ago...

A vegetable serving equals a half cup of raw or cooked chopped vegetables or one cup of raw leafy vegetables. Also substitute refined grains with whole grains as often as you can. I alerted Cathy to simple dietary steps she can take to maintain healthy pressures and prevent the problems that may occur when readings get too high. In the original study, published in 1997 by the National Institutes of Health, scientists found that adults can reduce their blood pressure by eating a diet low in...

Add the potato, cauliflower florets, sugar and salt; stir well and cook until the potatoes are cooked and the cauliflower tender yet crunchy. Toss in the mustard seeds; when they start spluttering, add the asafoetida, followed by the cumin seeds, turmeric powder and the green pepper. Heat Mukwano pure vegetable cooking oil over a medium-high heat. Add the chopped tomatoes and ginger; stir and saut for a few minutes. Aloo Gobi ki Subuzi (Potatoes and cauliflower)

Pumpkin growers in other states are bragging about 1,300 pound pumpkins. This year, the general public will join professional chefs in tasting and evaluating the tomato varieties being grown at the various Rutgers research farms. Following the tomato tasting, there will be a wagon tour of the current vegetable and fruit projects conducted at the Extension Center. Based on the taste testing, growers can determine what they should grow if they want to bring back that tomato flavor. There is...

California's fruit, nut and vegetable industry -- aided by Bay Area food and environmental activists -- got its first big bite out of Depression-era federal farm programs, long the multibillion-dollar bastion of commodity barons from the South and Midwest, in a deal reached Tuesday. California's fruit, nut and vegetable industry -- aided by Bay Area food and environmental activists -- got its first big bite out of Depression-era federal farm programs, long the multibillion-dollar bastion...