Urban gardener connects with customers and food in new ways Sprouting from CHANGE
Story by Ching Lee
Even before she started farming, Los Angeles-based gardening guru Lauri Kranz had been on a bountiful journey for years. As founder of Edible Gardens LA, Kranz has turned urban spaces into productive vegetable gardens and edible landscapes for chefs, celebrities and other clients interested in growing their own food. When COVID-19 forced many restaurants to close—and farms that supplied those restaurants had nowhere to go with their crops—Kranz turned her green thumb to helping farmers who mentored her, by launching a new produce-delivery business. “It was so reactionary to the times, to what was happening,” she said. “I knew there was a lot of food coming from those farms. I reached out to them and said, ‘Can I buy this food from you? I want to start bringing it to people.’”
Photo by Yoshihiro Makino
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