In a world that’s ever more reliant on globalized commerce, growing our own food is a revolutionary act.
Every one of us has a right to clean water and real food: but collectively our society has forgotten how to provide this.
By meeting our own basic needs for survival, we create a foundation of freedom for ourselves and those around us.
The act of growing food is simple, yet by reestablishing our relationship with what we eat, we open ourselves up to a relationship with our bodies and vibrant ways of living.
We connect back to our sense of place.
We say no more to systems that keep us sick.
We start over, again, with our mother earth.
Planting food reconnects us to our bodies, our sense of place, our earth.
But how did we get here?
We used to grow our own food.
By the late 1940’s, 40 percent of all the fresh fruits and vegetables consumed in the United States were grown in home gardens, called “Victory Gardens” for the way they supported the national effort and agriculture systems.
Then corporations took over.
After WWII, as parents went back to work, convenience was “king” and fast food was born. Corporations and “Big Agriculture” responded to money-making opportunities in cheaper mass-produced and addictive foods, and over time government allowed corporations to influence policy and dominate the market.
In a neighborhood, what kind of food is available reflects the kind of development dollars it gets, and as urban areas grew, lower-income areas developed situations known as “food deserts:” neighborhoods with minimal to no access to grocery stores and farmer’s markets, leaving families options like fast food and sugary snacks from convenience stores.
Now people are sick.
Not surprisingly, the majority of people and families left behind in these “food deserts” are BIPOC and marginalized communities.
Lack of access to fresh, healthy food has led to chronic health conditions, from physical suffering to dying disproportionately from diseases like heart disease, diabetes and other often preventable illnesses that are related to diet.
We can reclaim our bodies, our health, our relationship with the earth. It begins now.
“Food is political. There is no food justice or health justice without racial justice. There is no revolution without a revolution on health. ”
Interested in growing food?
People have been gardening since, well, the beginning.
We have become very removed from our food: but now we are in a process of remembering what’s possible, and how good it is for our bodies and souls when we tend plants and eat what we grow.
If you are wanting to reconnect with the land you live on and the food you eat, you’re not alone: there is growing interest in being self-sustaining, with less reliance on “Big Ag” and more control over the cost and quality of our food.
Our team is here to help.
If you are starting your garden and you need help, you can book a consultation with us.
We will advise on your specific plan after understanding the resources you have available to grow food and sustain a garden.
As this is a volunteer offering of our time, we ask for serious inquiries only please.
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