Meet Richard Andino, the nine-year-old California boy who turned two planter boxes into a successful vegetable business at his local farmers’ market in Loomis

• Image: canvaNine-year-old gardener and young entrepreneur Richard Andino, from Loomis in Placer County, California, has turned a simple school lesson about growing plants into a thriving vegetable business.
• He started with two planter boxes, a handful of vegetables, and plenty of curiosity, driven by a lifelong love of vegetables and a desire to sell them.
• Three years on, his garden is nearly three times its original size, because it has grown a little bigger every year.