TELLING OUR OWN STORY ABOUT THE EVENT
AND THE CITY WE ARE HERE TO BUILD
We cannot rely on the city and those who call themselves leaders to give us the kind
of successful sustainability that we need to get us out of the Food Emergency we are in right now.
I was amazed by the number of various ethic farmers from various traditions who showed up
to the Grow Strong event.
I taped some of Malakii's comments.
I was doing "color" through the event, asking different participants to make
comments and share their excitement.
These videos and images will supplement the Youtube education that Ian plans to get up within a week.
We already have a perfect technology--in our plants--to for Cultivating Food Justice.
There are farmers, the Banto, the Lebanese, so many others at the IRC New Roots Garden--
if we set them free, and set every lawn free, we can feed ourselves.
We cannot wait for the codes to shift.
We have to take action now to keep inspiring each other and planting
and lending support now for all the good projects and community members.
OUR CITY WIDE PLAN
We need a plan for Cultivating Food Justice in San Diego that is what we are asking of the city
to get out of our current food emergency and make sure we have a plan to feed our communities.
We are the leaders of our city because we are striving to keep the beat with nature.
We cannot wait for those who do not know how to feed us well to be the leaders.
Some of our elected reps may be in positions of leadership, but it is the core leaders who i witnessed at the
event who are the true leaders of our city and have the power. The power is in the plants growing
and the cooperative we displayed. That is the true power.
I salute you and all the others on our committee for a tremendous job of working together.
I was tremendously inspired to get a little closer to some of you.
Thank you.
CITY HEIGHTS
City Heights will never be the same for me,
and I imagine the City itself will never be the same.
The images we took tell the story.
SPEAK OUT COMMENTS
I want to encourage everyone to go to the Speak out Pages and make a comment.
I would like to see the food justice committee
make a contribution to KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING
I would like to see Kristin be funded to put in about 20 more hours
that are paid, somewhere around $200.00
I would like to put in about 20 more hours working with the photos and "color" videos I was making
and write some stories that can come under the budget of videography or followup.
Continue to Cultivate Food Justice!
Each 3rd Saturday of the month, at the City Heights Farmers' Market, the CFJ team will meet for conversation, social time, potluck, other activities. Email Fernanda.deCampos@rescue.org for more info.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, May 7 – Learn to produce fish and vegetables through a hands on workshop on Building an Ebb and Flow Aquaponics System at Fairmont Aquafarm, 4035 Fairmont Ave, San Diego. Sign up by emailing Malaki.
Sunday, May 8, 3-7 p.m.: Gathering to plan volunteer actions,
to clean up the land and help make repairs on this Old Home.
Be a part of our extended Enchanted Garden community.
Sunday, May 29, 3-7 p.m.: Garden Gathering at the Enchanted Garden, in partnership with the Prosperity Hive. Come garden, Plant Your Dream, and Potluck together with Farmer's Market quality foods.
More food justice-related events are listed on Facebook and in the San Diego Fair Food calendar.
GROW ORGANIC ALFALFA SEEDS
FOR AN ORGANIC UPRISING!
LARGER
STANDING UP FOR NATURE's ORIGINAL TECHNOLOGY,
ORGANIC UPRISING!
GROW ORGANIC ALFALFA SEEDS
FOR AN ORGANIC UPRISING!
KELLY SHEA OF WHITE WAVE
STANDING UP FOR NATURE's ORIGINAL TECHNOLOGY,
ORGANIC UPRISING!
KELLY SHEA OF WHITE WAVE
HELPED LAUNCH STANDING UP FOR
NATURE'S ORIGINAL TECHNOLOGY,
ORGANIC UPRISING!
Kelly Shea, VP of Government and Industry Relations
and Organic Stewardship, at White Wave, a company that aspires
to be the Earth's Favorite Food Company,
was a tremendous ally for the launch of
Standing up for Nature's Original Technology,
Organic Uprising!
This is our Spring 2011
campaign here on the Plant Your Dream Blogs.
White Wave, through Kelly's cheerleader,
became a lead sponsor of our photo galleries
from the Natural Product Expo West.
Edmond Bordeaux Szekely Quote
on Adapting to Nature.
PROPS TO THE PLANT YOUR DREAM BLOG
SPONSORS
HELPING THE WORLD TO GET BIOSMART
WINTER 2011
HELPING THE WORLD
GET BIO SMART
through using BioSmart
Sustainable Packaging and Serviceware.
Made From 100% Natural Sugar Cane.
Bagasse is a by-product of sugar cane
production.
ANTHONY RUSSO BIOSMART
100 % SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS
PLEASE VISIT THE NEW BIOSMART SITE.
TELL VENDORS WHO USE STYROFOAM
AND OTHER GREEN PACKAGING PRODUCTD
TO SUPPORT THIS COMPANY THAT
MAKES OUR WORK POSSIBLE ON THE NET
PLEASE VISIT THE PLANT YOUR DREAM
PUBLIC WEBSITE TO VIEW STORIES
ABOUT THE SEED DREAMS WE SUPPORT
AND THAT SPONSOR BEET KEEPERS, RETURN! Http://www.plantyourdream.net
KEEP THE BEET MEDIA STAR
THE WORLD'S FIRST TALKING BEET PLANT SEZ
THANKS FOR KEEPING LOVE GROWING
JOIN THE BEET KEEPERS ON
THE PLANT YOUR DREAM WEBSITE HERE
Together we can plant 1000 years of peace.
This is the essence of Beet Keepers, Return!
The Shift has happened.
Thank you for starring in my
Rock Your Soul Opera called Beet Keepers, Return!
LESLIE GOLDMAN
YOUR ENCHANTED GARDENER,
Leslie writes daily on his more personal
Plant Your Dream Blog Online Journal http://curezone.com/blogs/f.asp?f=92
Leslie Goldman, Your Enchanted Gardener,
sees and seeds success for super ripe
people and their dreams. His constant companion
is Keep the Beet Media Star, the Worlds Frst Talking beet plant.
Her mission is to help us all turn our beat around
with nature through planting a beet in a pot.
Keep the Beet. Eat the Greens, says Keep the Beet.
THE PLANT TO THE LEFT
IN THE PHOTO ABOVE
is
KEEP THE BEET MEDIA STAR,
THE WORLD's FIRST TALKING BEET PLANTR
KEEP THE BEET SEZ
...Get use to it...yes, I am a talking beet plant
and I often write here through Leslie on this
plant your dream blog...for more about me
go to ..
A record of Leslie's
life process. Serves as a palate
for new creations.
Leslie is in the wounded healer tradition.
he does his best to share his ups and downs
that we might all acknowledge we are
stars in Keep The Beet's Rock Your Soul Opera
called Beet Keepers, Return!
The Shift has happened.
We can no longer ask nature to adapt to us
but more so honor the journey of learning.
We can turn our breakdowns into breakthroughs.
CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE WASHINGTON
ON REAL FOOD SAFETY
VIDEOS ON THE NEW PLANT YOUR DREAM WEBSITE http://plantyourdream.net
THESE ARE OUR AIMS
1-To support mobilization of one Farmers’ Market in our local area, the Hillcrest Farmers’ Market in San Diego. To continue to work with local organic farmers and help them sell more of their produce.
2-To continue to develop a 1/3 acre parcel of land near San Diego State College named the Enchanted Garden Intentional Community Growing Grounds where those who live here and who live around the world may study our process of learning how to keep the beat with nature through learning to live together cooperatively as a household that seeks to live in harmony with the earth. The motto of the house will be Keep The Beet. Through growing a simple beet in a pot, we can regain our beat with nature. Not all in the house garden. Some like to prepare food. Others help with other jobs, or rent. The land, as of January 2010 is being refinanced. A Trust to hold the land is being explored. The Seed Dream would be to leave a museum and park for future generations to learn from this experiment in cooperative living that has been going on since the early 1970′s. The intent is that what we learn here can help others, and Washington, understand and adapt to some of the shifts being asked of all of us now.
3- To develop relationships with those who influence Washington and government. A vast coalition across all political, religious, and philosophical lines has now formed. Mainstream media needs to be reached through bloggers filling the gap where journalism once told all points of view. Elected leaders need to be encouraged to follow the principles expressed in the song “America The Beautiful.”
4- We see the world as we know it now coming to an end. A Shift has already happened. It is for each of us to adapt to the earth and relearn the laws of nature, rather than attempt to further adapt nature to our ways. The source of our economic and health crisis is that we have lost our beat with nature. We can regain the beet through becoming once again a nation of gardeners who live in a world of gardeners. One Pot+One person=You are a Gardener. Start to grow your own food now.
CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE
WASHINGTON ON REAL FOOD SAFETY
Read about the goals of the year long campaign here.
Study materials about Real Food Safety.
Watch Videos of Micro-farmer Barry Logan
and much more! http://plantyourdream.net/?page_id=50
THE CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE WASHINGTON
ON REAL FOOD SAFETY
Our year long Campaign to Educate Washington on
Real Food Safety aims to return the beat of Nature
to Washington. Our campaign begins with
each of us locally regaining our beat through
having a moment of awakening.
We can grow a bit of our own food.
ALL POINTS OF VIEW ARE WELCOME
TO ENTER INTO A NATIONAL CONVERSATION
ON REAL FOOD SAFETY
"My Enchanted Friend,
Heartfelt thanks for another “Enchanted” plant.
I love + bless it & you.
It graces my desk beautifully. Thank you!
I deeply appreciate you ‘seeding our dream’
to sell millions. I wish the same for you."