I have been meeting so many people and talking about so many ideas in the past month that I haven’t had time to devote to really developing the story-telling aspect of Justice Gardens. We’ll get there. I’m developing a list of topics that I’ll be writing about over the next year, but for now, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Uncategorized’
September 5, 2008
Urban Agrarianism Defined: Why food is more than eating…(1)
Agrarianism
In the introduction to his 1969 book Agrarianism in American Literature, M. Thomas Inge defines agrarianism by the following basic tenets:
* Cultivation of the soil provides direct contact with nature; through the contact with nature the agrarian is blessed with a closer relationship to God. Farming has within it a positive spiritual good; the [...]
June 11, 2008
There’s Food in my backyard…
That’s right. Food. Beautiful food growing up from the ground. Broccoli heads starting to come forth and cabbage starting to wind tight together in the center— its big purple leaves dripping with last night’s rain. Food has never looked so good to me than when it looks at me with colors and [...]
May 8, 2008
Justice Gardens
Sixty-Five years ago our country was short of food. In the spring of 1943, nearly 20 million families sowed seeds and prayed for a good harvest. They were answering a call from the US government that encouraged Americans to grow their own food during this time of crisis. And they did. Backyards, empty lots, and [...]
