Fertile Ground USA...Celebrating the people behind the plow

Ericka Wright has been confined to a wheelchair ever since she was diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy. But her spirit is on the march. Concerned about her own health as well as her family's, Ericka decided that the only way to really know what food she was eating was to grow it for herself. So she enlisted a dozen or so kids to get the work done and now the Troostwood Garden provides neighborhood youth with hands-on experience. The youth do it all, from composting, soil building, weeding, and planting, to building their own solar paneled greenhouse and adobe clay brick oven for baking bread. Ericka is very proud of the children who she has managed to help over the years. "I had 15 when I started. One died, a few went to jail, but I have saved the rest. It's worth it."