“We could order in Chinese and lock ourselves in the closet, but we shouldn’t. Because there’s good news: We’re perfect for the job. If the human species specializes in one thing, it’s taking on the impossible.” A Schendler & A Jones, “Stopping Climate Change is Hopeless. Let’s Do It” NYT, Oct 6, 2018
What I saw this past weekend at our Equinox celebration here in Vermont gave me immense joy and hope for our future. Ours is a community brought together by food and with the potential to make change in the world. We have created a generous, abundant, engaged and passionate community full of hope and possibility. What we have is special and rich — it is something we need to share.
The Equinox is a time of change, and with this in mind, we are celebrating our community of families and farmers here in Vermont on September 22-23 at our Equinox Celebration. We are also preparing to share our harvest more broadly when we invite new families to join our community with our Share the Stories, Share the Food: Fall Membership Campaign that begins this week with a gift of $35 for first time members.
It is incredibly exciting how our personal journeys and the lessons we learn inform how we see the world.
When I was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes, the nutritionist told me that sugar was the enemy. But instead of suggesting a diet rich in healthy proteins and fats and low in carbs and sugar, she advocated substituting sugar with artificial sweeteners. Most of what she showed me were processed foods with reduced calorie counts. What she showed me was neither healthy nor delicious.
Happy Solstice – this is a major transition in the rhythm of the seasons and energy of the planet. From Solstice to Solstice each year, all of Nature (including us, of course!) takes in its breath and exhales its breath. At the summer solstice (yesterday) we and the planet completed a 6 month long in-breath of energy, information, fertility, wisdom, etc… and now we begin to exhale. Now is the time too give back all that we have taken in. This is nature’s ultimate gesture of generosity and love, and it can be ours as well.
