growfoodraisehell:

Not only do I raise hell, but I also grow food.  You must break your need and your identification for and with the systems that enslave you.

(via socialuprooting)

A nice way to get to around - man makes local trips by horsepower in Moselle, Mississippi 

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hippieflavor:

“One great example [of restaurant supported agriculture] is Chef David Swanson who owns Milwaukee’s Braise Culinary School. Swanson started Braise RSA to help connect local growers in Wisconsin to restaurants around the state. Restaurants buy a share in the RSA and Swanson distributes—all of which frees up farmers to grow food.

As is the case with supported agriculture, growers get some of the money before the harvest season which means they can afford more easily their upfront costs. As it turns out, this often allows farmers to give restaurants deals because they have money upfront and because they have an invested buyer who’s committed to them.

The RSA also has a system where if one farmer’s crops are suffering, they can track down another farmer with the same crop to provide service to the restaurant.” (via Envirovore: Eat Your Greens! - Restaurant Supported Ag Catching On)

mothernaturenetwork:

Todmorden: A town where greenthumbs, not sticky fingers, prevail
The Daily Mail pays a visit to Todmorden, a quaint British town that’s littered with raised vegetable and herb gardens where residents can grow — and take — whatever they fancy.

The ethnically and economically diverse mill town of about 15,000 residents is home to Incredible Edible, an ambitious, agrarian-minded scheme that’s brought together an entire community under one common goal: to become completely self-sufficient in food by the year 2018.

(via socialuprooting)

bike left at this tree many years ago- here you see the front tire and handlebars - on this side of the tree