My name is Juan Lopez. I was born in San Jose, California and I've been living there since then.

       I haven't done a lot of gardening, but i have grown a few plants successfully. My family does not grow plants anymore since we don't have much gardening space.  Once, i grew some carrots and after science camp, i was given a tree that i could take care of. My mom cooks all the time since my dad is not around. I enjoy watching people cook especially my mom since she could make a meal with a few simple ingredients.  Sadly, the tree that i was taking care of caught a disease and died in the beginning of 2015. It  was a bit sad knowing that i couldn't do anything since i didn't have much experience in gardening. I'm hoping that in this project, i can learn how to take better care of plants.

My name is Emily Williams. I was born in Campbell, California. I moved to San Jose, California with my family in 2005.

I haven't really done much gardening, but my mother loves plants. She mostly grows flowers, but when we first moved to San Jose she used to grow strawberry and tomato plants too. I was really young back then, so I don't remember a lot about growing food. I don't cook at all. My mom does most of the cooking and sometimes my dad helps with the cooking. Sometimes I like to watch my mom cook, though. I find the whole process of cooking fascinating. It's amazing how you can take a few raw ingredients and use them to make something that tastes delicious! I don't know much about gardening, but I know a few people that do. There's a couple that goes to my church that seems to know a lot about gardening. One time, when they went on vacation, we went to their house to water their plants. They had a lot of different vegetables it their yard. It was cool to see all the different plants they had. I still don't know much about how plants grow. So, I'm hoping that when this project is over I will know more about growing food.