Celebrities Who Grow Their Own Food: See the Green Thumbs at Work

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Celebrities Who Grow Their Own Food: See the Green Thumbs at Work

Green thumb alert! While some stars prefer to hit up the trendy restaurants in Los Angeles, New York City and beyond, others opt to lead a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle and grow some of their own food. Take Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed, for example. The famous couple make a concerted effort to be “connected with nature” as much as possible, which means they grow a lot of their own food. In fact, Reed told Us Weekly in September 2019 that she hopes her and Somerhalder’s daughter, Bodhi, grows up to be a farmer. “Part of what we really focus on as a household is the idea of being really connected with nature,” the Sleepy Hollow alum said at the time. “My dream would be for her to be a farmer.” In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in November 2019, the Lost alum detailed everything he eats in a day, and several homegrown eats were mentioned. “Nik and I grow a lot of our own food,” he explained, noting that his daily diet consists of things like homemade chia pudding and homegrown fruits and veggies. [jwplayer dUCd82ko-zhNYySv2] In February 2019, Reed, who founded the sustainable lifestyle brand BaYou With You in 2017, opened up about how becoming a mom July 2017 made her more aware of the overall health of the planet. “After becoming a parent, I think you start thinking about what the planet is gonna look like when your kids are grown,” she told Us at the time. “You kind of approach things with that in mind. How are we leaving our planet? How are we treating our planet? It’s definitely pushed me into working even harder on BaYou.” Another star working on sustainable living is Kim Kardashian, who recently took the big step of ridding her house of all its plastic bottles. As she explained in a February 2020 Poosh article about her impressive pantry, “We switched everything in our house from plastic to glass.” Furthermore, when the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star gave her Instagram followers a peek inside the massive walk-in refrigerator she shares with husband Kanye West and the couple’s children — North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm — she revealed even more. In a series of Instagram Stories from January 2020, Kardashian, who sticks to a plant-based diet at home, described the large appliance as “where we keep all of our fresh, organic produce” and noted that she and West are planting “all organic trees to grow our own vegetables and do our own stuff.” Scroll down to see more stars who enjoy growing some of their own food! [podcast_block]

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Celebrities Who Grow Their Own Food: See the Green Thumbs at Work

Green thumb alert! While some stars prefer to hit up the trendy restaurants in Los Angeles, New York City and beyond, others opt to lead a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle and grow some of their own food. Take Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed, for example. The famous couple make a concerted effort to be “connected with nature” as much as possible, which means they grow a lot of their own food. In fact, Reed told Us Weekly in September 2019 that she hopes her and Somerhalder’s daughter, Bodhi, grows up to be a farmer. “Part of what we really focus on as a household is the idea of being really connected with nature,” the Sleepy Hollow alum said at the time. “My dream would be for her to be a farmer.” In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in November 2019, the Lost alum detailed everything he eats in a day, and several homegrown eats were mentioned. “Nik and I grow a lot of our own food,” he explained, noting that his daily diet consists of things like homemade chia pudding and homegrown fruits and veggies. [jwplayer dUCd82ko-zhNYySv2] In February 2019, Reed, who founded the sustainable lifestyle brand BaYou With You in 2017, opened up about how becoming a mom July 2017 made her more aware of the overall health of the planet. “After becoming a parent, I think you start thinking about what the planet is gonna look like when your kids are grown,” she told Us at the time. “You kind of approach things with that in mind. How are we leaving our planet? How are we treating our planet? It’s definitely pushed me into working even harder on BaYou.” Another star working on sustainable living is Kim Kardashian, who recently took the big step of ridding her house of all its plastic bottles. As she explained in a February 2020 Poosh article about her impressive pantry, “We switched everything in our house from plastic to glass.” Furthermore, when the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star gave her Instagram followers a peek inside the massive walk-in refrigerator she shares with husband Kanye West and the couple’s children — North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm — she revealed even more. In a series of Instagram Stories from January 2020, Kardashian, who sticks to a plant-based diet at home, described the large appliance as “where we keep all of our fresh, organic produce” and noted that she and West are planting “all organic trees to grow our own vegetables and do our own stuff.” Scroll down to see more stars who enjoy growing some of their own food! [podcast_block]

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Padma Lakshmi

The Top Chef host shared a peek at her rooftop garden in New York City via an Instagram video in August 2020. "Picking peaches in the garden  ," she captioned the clip. She also harvested some peppers, tomatoes and berries.

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Katie Couric

The journalist cradled a massive zucchini that grew in her garden in July 2020 and shared photo evidence of it on Instagram. "You reap what you sow. In this case a zucchini the size of a baby. 👶🏻 Recipes anyone? (No zucchini emoji? How can that be?) #happysaturday 🍅 🍆 🥬 🥕," she wrote in the caption.

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Brie Larson

The Oscar winner shared "the garden update that nobody asked for" on her Instagram in July 2020 and included snapshots of herself holding a large, homegrown zucchini, carrots and radishes.

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Ayesha Curry

The Full Plate author showed off the impressive garden at her California home in July 2020. According to her Instagram Stories, the oasis boasts pumpkins, melons, shishito peppers and more. "The one that I'm most excited about is my passion fruit plant," she explained. "It just has a long way to go but it's so pretty."

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Pink

The Grammy nominee showed off her impressive homegrown haul in June 2020. "Been trying to grow tomatoes for five years. Finally!!!!" she captioned an Instagram photo of herself holding several of the bright red fruits. "I beat the gophers to it. I win I win I win." The following month, the "Funhouse" singer shared an Instagram video of even more of her homegrown foods, including basil, fennel, onions and more.

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Kylie Jenner

The Kylie Cosmetics founder took to her Instagram Stories in April 2020 to share that she picked up a new hobby amid the coronavirus pandemic — gardening. The Kylie Skin founder now grows her own basil, cilantro and more.

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Kaley Cuoco

The Big Bang Theory alum showed off some homegrown goodies on her Instagram Stories in April 2020. “Hubby’s homegrown radishes,” she wrote over a snapshot of herself holding a container filled with the root vegetables.

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Harry Hamlin

The actor has an impressive garden in the backyard of his Los Angeles home, which he tends to regularly. The Graves alum’s wife, Lisa Rinna, gave her Instagram followers a tour of her partner’s outdoor oasis in April 2020. “That’s rosemary, I know that,” she said during the walkthrough on her Instagram Stories “[That’s] lettuce, butter lettuce and romaine lettuce.” Though there was some confusion over whether the garden boasts parsley or carrots, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star says her husband also grows cilantro and avocados.

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Kendall Jenner

The model showed off “fresh picks from my yard” via her Instagram Stories in March 2020. The colorful, homegrown haul included several lemons and limes.

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Tiffany Haddish

The Like a Boss star told Harper’s Bazaar in February 2020 that she starts each day with a glass of fresh juice made with fruits and vegetables from her garden. The comedian’s juice staples are kale, chard, celery and strawberries, which she eats “right from the dirt.”

During an interview with Us Weekly, Haddish opened up about her love for gardening.

"I love me some food, especially good food. What I've learned about food over these past years is that it controls my emotions, and it controls my day," she told Us in November 2021. "I grow bell peppers, jalapeños and okra. My celery is so good and so is my parsley. [Also] collard greens, artichokes, onions and garlic. Like, I got everything."

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Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed

The married couple strive to be as environmentally friendly as possible, which is why it’s no surprise that they grow plenty of their own food. The Vampire Diaries alum referenced some of the homegrown eats in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in November 2019. “We make a lot of our own stuff,” he explained. “Nik and I grow a lot of our own food.” His daily diet consists of things like homemade chia pudding and homegrown fruits and veggies.

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Kim Kardashian

When the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star showed off her “main” refrigerator and pantry via Instagram in January 2020, she also revealed her plans to rely more on homegrown food. As the KKW Beauty founder explained at the time, she and husband Kanye West are planting “all organic trees to grow our own vegetables and do our own stuff.”

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Chelsea Peretti

The Brooklyn Nine Nine alum took to Instagram in February 2020 to share a picture of some lettuce in a bowl topped with some dressing. “From our garden!” she explained in the caption. “Always wanted a garden bc my grama and grampa had one that i loved as a kid ❤️ love lasts forever.”

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Martha Stewart

Given that she has a 153-acre farm in Connecticut, there’s little food the lifestyle guru doesn’t grow herself, which she then keeps on hand at all times. “I always have organic fruits and vegetables from my garden, as well as fresh eggs from my chicken coop,” she told Us Weekly exclusively in February 2020 when asked about what’s always in her fridge.

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Prince Philip

The royal certainly doesn’t need to grow his own food, but that didn’t stop him from planting more than 300 saplings impregnated with truffle spores on the grounds of his family’s Sandringham estate in 2006. Though the trees went years without yielding any of the fancy food, the prince’s years-long efforts paid off in December 2018 when an impressive truffle crop began to grow. The noteworthy feat made him the first person in Britain to successfully grow his own black truffles.

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Jennifer Garner

The Alias alum, who has her own chicken coop, is known for her adorable cooking videos and, as it turns out, she grows some of the ingredients she uses in those videos. In January 2018, the Peppermint star used kale from her Los Angeles backyard to make kale chips. She also harvests her own peppers and blueberries. “In our garden, we grow tons of fruits and vegetables," she told Well+Good in May 2018. "We can’t stop planting new things.”

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Yolanda Hadid

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum moved from the West Coast to the East Coast in 2017 following her split from husband David Foster two years earlier. She traded in her California estate for a Pennsylvania farm where she grows her own vegetables and flowers. The former model even shared an Instagram snapshot of herself “organic farming” in November 2019.

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Reese Witherspoon

The Big Little Lies star grows her own lemons in her California garden, which she uses to make a refreshing beverage once summer hits. “When life (or your son) gives you lemons… 🍋🍋🍋 #Homegrown #LemonadeTime,” she captioned a June 2017 Instagram snapshot of her son, Tennessee, handing her some citrus fruit.

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Gwyneth Paltrow

The Politician star has a garden on her Hamptons property, which inspires her to cook whenever she’s on the East Coast. “I cook seven days a week when I am at the beach because I have a huge vegetable garden and I love to use all that stuff,” she told Epicurious in 2008. “We grow things all summer.”