Patricia Larenas is an enthusiastic advocate of transforming conventional urban and suburban gardens into edible landscapes. She recently left her career as a project manager in the tech sector in Silicon Valley, California, to devote her time to gardening and writing about growing and eating fresh food, preserving our food heritage by gardening with heirlooms, and agricultural issues. She is a regular contributor to Eat Drink Better, and maintains her own blog, Urban Artichoke.
