
Home is Where the Food Grows
TERRAIN, Winter 2009
Catherine Ryan writes about how people are converting their lawns to mini-farms as the recession lingers. The article also includes lawn to garden conversion tips from sustainable landscape designer Joshua Thayer and photography by Catherine Ryan.

The Best Ways to Love The Planet
Self, August 2008
Earth-friendly tips fit even the busiest lifestyle and promise to reduce readers’ carbon footprints with minor effort.

Adventures in Composting
Self, April 2007
What happens when a city dweller learns how to compost outside her urban apartment? Writer Catherine Ryan tries her hand at turning her trash into “black gold” to nourish the impoverished soil in her Harlem home.