Does anybody here want to talk about what we THINK we know about agriculture and maybe what the Great Awakening COULD mean for food production in the future?
I believe the Great Awakening will apply to far more than politics and its nice to discuss other things from our unique perspective 🐸
I think people are embracing their green thumbs at a record rate these days. And not just because we are all hearing about these manufactured food shortages. I think it's deeper than that. I've been growing seedlings and taking my extra heirloom plants to give away at the office building I work at for 4 years now. Lots of people now ask me in Spring when the tomato and pepper plants are coming. Most of them had no previous gardening experience, but they put the plants in and saw how easy it really is and now many of them have now put in raised beds or container gardens and are starting their own seedlings. Like me, they didn't know until they tried it that the effort isn't huge and the rewards are abundant.
Another example, one of the women in the building has a teenage son who became extremely anxiety prone during COVID. He's trying to battle his way back from agoraphobia. Guess what is helping him do that? Plants! He loves growing plants. His mom lures him out of the house with trips to places where he can buy more plants. I sent a bunch of plants home with his mom this week and she reports that he was out in the backyard tilling up more of their lawn for them. He's a teenage boy! I was so happy to hear about his excitement about gardening and plants. Gives me hope.
Plants are amazing! And there's research (I don't have sauce, sorry) that shows simply putting your hands in contact with the soil microbiology can reduce stress and anxiety! Getting barefoot on the dirt in the summertime always does help me feel centered.
I hear what you're saying about young people getting into farming/ gardening...
I've been planning my permaculture homestead for 2 years now and making moves towards leaving the suburbs for more land.
Every single one of my "city" friends I've explained all my plans for a working regenerative agriculture farmstead lights up like they've finally seen an option for a way of life away from population centers and out of the matrix; which is how I felt when I started learning about it.
So funny that you mention the benefits of being barefoot in the dirt and getting hands in the soil. I just got out of the shower because I had spent the 2-1/2 hours from 6:30 pm to 9 pm (ran out of daylight!) putting the last of my peppers in the garden along with relocating 4 volunteer watermelons I came across in the process. (I've got 7 mystery watermelons this year due to volunteers! I have a pretty good suspicion of what they have to be based on last year's garden, but it will be fun to watch them grow and find out for sure. Last year I did seven watermelon varieties. This year only three. Should be fun to see the mystery melons as they grow.) And I have always gone barefoot in the garden and I don't wear garden gloves even though I know I should. Sometimes I drag my hiney out to the garden feeling tired, but almost as soon as I'm digging, putting in plants, I feel energized. I lose all track of time out in the garden.
The world would be a very different place if the majority of people in it grew plants of some sort.
Good luck on your homestead! Blessings to you and yours. :)
Nice!
I believe in the power of our connection to nature (therefore, God.) We've gotten away from some of the simplest ways to improve our lives all because of the matrix and the web of lies it requires.
Blessings returned. Enjoy your garden this summer!