Community

 

Just as important as the food we grow, is the community in which we live. There is a beautiful relationship between people and food which can be fostered to strengthen our next generations. Barefoot Gardens will attempt to provide for the basis of a lifestyle which is not dependant upon the aggressive tactics and consumeristic demands of the global economy.

Our individual health includes physical, mental, sexual, nutritional, spiritual, and psychological. The health of our community also encompasses these realms in different ways. When we eat a meal by ourselves, maybe standing at the kitchen sink, we are physically nourished. When we eat a meal with a loved one, that nourishment connects us in additional ways. When we eat a meal with members of our community, that same nutritional value is consumed, but is exponentially magnified and touches more aspects of our individual lives.

Our farm follows those same principles. We can plant a seed, water, weed, harvest & consume. But when done collectively, the value created in the health of our ecosystem, by our intention, and by our experience makes a full circle of a symbiotic relationship, our community relationship.

OUR Community

Our Community, well, it is pretty awesome!

CSA here really means Community Supported Agriculture and we are blessed to have such a supportive, kind, understanding, patient, and beautiful community of food lovers.

Seeds are started in flats by Evelyn, Diane is the Strawberry Princess, Renee, Christa & Joe are our Tuesday Harvest Crew along with Farmer Jeff who is our summertime #3, David & David can just do about anything, Tom really loves the machines, “the boys” are always around helping and are really good at chasing the goats.

We usually have three “Weed-n-Feed” events at the farm throughout the summer. These days are a great way for our members to get their hands dirty, pull weeds, plant, and do what needs to be done. After a few hours of working, Linda makes an amazing lunch and we share a meal together, eating from the bounty of what is in season.

Other special work events occur when we need a few extra hands like taking down old hoop houses, planting several hundred trees, “skinning our greenhouses”, or building fences and our farm members jump in with enthusiasm and are, in our eyes, superheroes.

A community and agriculture in harmony…