Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards NYT | Top Stories By: Cara Buckley and Alisha Jucevic 6 November 2024 at 02:05 Front yards transformed to tiny crop farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by grass. © Alisha Jucevic for The New York TimesMorgan Boone, a volunteer with Crop Swap LA, harvested lettuce at the La Salle Microfarm in the view View Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.