Update #12: Happy birthday to me
Maybe next year we can have a birthday party at the farm. Thanks for all the support and messages. This week the Bioneer kids started clearing the brush and trash by hand. I had my doubts and was thinking they should wait for some heavy machinery but it turned out to be a great experience. A lot of these youth workers have never gotten dirty, never used their hands to build something. This project is already changing lives and we have not even begun.
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Connected as Sasha Kanno (610 friends)
Sasha Kanno is a floral designer by trade but has also been a backyard farmer since childhood. She is the Director of Wrigley Garden; a community garden started in the spring of 2009 with its 40 plots, 14 hens and a small orchard she has fed many hungry mouths. She is also one of the founders of the Wrigley co‐op food exchange which harvests, shares and preserves the excess produce from our city.
Farm Lot 59, a biointensive mini farm is a new venture but she is dedicated to its success: “I am already growing amazing food and this farm will help me take it to the next level. This is the direct connection to the food that nourishes us all throughout our lives. Long Beach use to be full of agriculture, let's get back to our roots. Our children should be able to have wonderfully fresh food while growing up in the city.”
happy birthday. you're a big hero, and you have an excellent project. clone yourself in those young bioneers. there shouldn't be one vacant lot in any city in the world that doesn't have an urban farm on it. perhaps at some point in the future you can come talk to my students.
Have a great day. Lot's of Food, Lot's laughs, and mostly lot's of Love.
From your Canadian Friend John
Community partnerships do more than get things done. They build community one giving hand at a time, they often teach those involved to understand the value of participation and allows them to experience the camaraderie that results from working together for a common goal. Hopefully it's contagious enough that it instills a lifetime of appreciation for the contribution that volunteers make for the health and well being of our communities. And, apparently, happy birthday, too!