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Richard Andino, a nine-year-old from Loomis, California, turned his school project into a small vegetable business using two planter boxes. Three years later, with family support including forming an LLC, he sells produce at the local farmers market. Richard prefers outdoor activities to screens and credits this lifestyle for helping him overcome health issues like migraines.

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Nine-year-old Richard Andino from Loomis in Placer County, California, turned a school lesson about growing plants into a thriving vegetable business by starting with two planter boxes and expanding it over three years. His garden now nearly tripled in size and he sells his vegetables at the Loomis Farmers Market after forming a limited liability company with his family and obtaining county approval as reported by CBS News Sacramento. The earnings from his sales fund Richard's summer activities like Sky Zone and Sunsplash, and once he meets his savings goal, he donates any remaining produce to community members.

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Today he is a regular vendor at the Loomis Farmers Market, a step that required his family to form a limited liability company and complete the county approval process for selling there, CBS News Sacramento reported.

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9 year old Richard Andino turns two planter boxes into thriving veggie business · assertive framing

Nine-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. asserted

gardener → turn → 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. asserted

He → start → them

Three years on, his garden is nearly three times its original size, because it has grown a little bigger every year. asserted

it → grow → ?

On harvest days, he carefully checks which crops are ripe before preparing to serve customers, a routine that fills his summer holidays. asserted

that → check → holidays

How a family company and county approval took a boy’s vegetable stand to the Loomis Farmers Market Richard’s first customers bought from a stand in front of his home. asserted

customers → take → home

News → require → process

The money Richard earns covers summer activities such as Sky Zone and Sunsplash. asserted

Richard → earn → Zone

Once he reaches his savings goal, he gives whatever remains of his harvest to members of the community. asserted

whatever → reach → community

Why Richard would rather play outside than watch screens, and what his mother saw in kindergarten asserted

mother → play → kindergarten

For Richard, time outdoors matters more than the income. asserted

time → matter → income

He told CBS News Sacramento that he is not a big fan of screens and would rather play outside. asserted

he → tell → screens

His mother, Kabryna Andino, told the same outlet that the preference grew out of his early school years. asserted

preference → tell → years

In kindergarten, she said, he began suffering from very bad migraines, which she linked to being indoors and watching too many screens. asserted

she → say → screens

What a paediatrician says about screen time, sleep, mood and behaviour in today’s children Richard’s story comes as paediatricians continue to study how greater screen time affects children’s health. asserted

time → say → health

Amanda Mitchell, a paediatrician at Kaiser Roseville, told the outlet that heavy screen use changes the quality of children’s sleep, which in turn alters their mood and behaviour. asserted

which → tell → mood

She added that technology need not shape a whole generation. asserted

technology → add → generation

Children growing up in this era are overcoming its effects and becoming who they are meant to be, she said, and while technology helps them, it “does not define them”. asserted

it → grow → them

Day to day, Richard tends the garden, talks with customers and grows something he built himself. asserted

he → tend → something

He told the outlet that anyone who wants to run a business must expect challenges along the way. asserted

who → tell → way

His advice is to keep going through each one, and success will follow. asserted

success → keep → one

9 year old Richard Andino turns two planter boxes into thriving veggie business

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