I dug out *all* the Jerusalem artichoke tubers I could find in my bed & then planted TEN tubers *only* for this year's crop.

First rain for months and..

#vegetables
#communityfarm
#gardening

A belated hello @CloughjordanCommunityFarm and welcome to @mastodonie! 👋🏼

👩🏻‍🌾 ❤️ 🌱

#MastoDaoine #Tipperary #Cloughjordan #CommunityFarm #EcoVillage #Farming #Agriculture #Gardening

#Degrowth and the Unmaking of #Capitalism

By Giuseppe Feola, Olga Koretskaya, originally published by Degrowth.info
December 7, 2020

"Our societies are facing multiple interconnected challenges, which include #ClimateEmergency, an unprecedented loss of #biodiversity, growing #inequality and #PlasticPollution. What connects these challenges is the underlying capitalist economic model, which prioritizes #profit-making over #wellbeing and requires endless #EconomicGrowth simply to stay afloat.

"Degrowth offers an alternative vision – it is a project of urgent and fundamental transformation. Degrowth requires reimagining our societies from the perspective of being profit-centred to being wellbeing-centred. This approach distinguishes degrowth from other, more compromising visions of transformation, such as ‘green growth’. But how can society transition towards degrowth?

"One idea that has become prominent in thinking about such a transition is that of ‘#decolonization of the imaginary’, a concept developed by Serge Latouche. This concept signals the need for a disruption of taken-for-granted ways of seeing the world, and their associated practices, rules and social norms. Decolonization of the imaginary questions deeply rooted beliefs about who we are, how we live, and about our place in this world. Are we merely self-interested individuals or are we also care-oriented members of communities? To what extent do technology and #consumption contribute to human wellbeing? Does our constantly expansive economy threaten human communities and the natural world?

"Decolonization of the imaginary has been an inspirational idea for scholars and activists alike. Yet, it alone seems to be insufficient to take us to fully grasping the depth of disruptions of capitalism that have been produced by initiatives such as transition towns, #permaculture farms, and #RepairCafes. Decolonization of the imaginary emphasises the symbolic dimensions of social change but it underplays the material dimensions of such change. It is also usually understood as an end point, and hence fails to help us to recognize – and learn about – what happens along the way.

"How can we think about the processes by which disruptions of capitalism occur in broader, deeper and more dynamic ways? Is it possible for us to better capture what is going on in concrete initiatives?

"In a recent article, Giuseppe Feola proposes that we think about the disruption of capitalism in terms of ‘#unmaking’. He suggests that an unmaking of capitalism is not only necessary, but possibly pre-conditional for a transformation of the magnitude and nature required by degrowth. ‘Unmaking’ refers to individual or collective actions of disengagement or active deconstructions of existing capitalist systems that ‘make space’ for alternatives. Such actions could take the form of a personal decision to limit consumption or to quit a high-paying job at an #OilCorporation. Unmaking can also be recognized in a #CommunityFarm that refuses to submit to market pressure to expand production and instead turns to a #CommunitySupported model to sustain itself."

Read more:
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2020-12-07/degrowth-and-the-unmaking-of-capitalism/
#SolarPunkSunday #PostCapitalism #SmallScaleRuptures #Polycrisis

@gentlegardener - Oh that's wonderful! If you ever want to get hooked up into Fredericksburg proper and meet folks here let me know. Being an hour away there might be something closer in your neck of the woods.

I *believe* there's some sort of food rescue at the farmer's market here in town, for example, but I'm not sure who is handling that right now. (There are a lot of initiatives in and around the area, so I'm sorting out where the holes are, for example)

There's also a new community farm that donates all of the food grown to various mutual aid and food security initiatives in town. I imagine there's a lot of coordination and support opportunities there as well.

Rappahannock Education Farm
https://www.rappahannockfarm.org/

Anyhow, this is assuming you want those leads! I'm terrible at just jumping forward 😅 - It's a pleasure to meet you and to find someone else nearby on the fediverse!

#foodSecurity #communityFarm

We're excited to introduce you to our regional projects! Up first, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - led by Carleton and Just Food Farm.

Team Ottawa is focusing on four sub-projects:
- The Just Food Community Farm
- Community Gardening Network Strategy
- Ottawa Food Strategy
- Digital Storytelling.

Read more about the work happening in the Ottawa region on our website: https://flowpartnership.org/regions/ottawa-ontario-canada/

#FLOWPartnership #urbanagriculture #communityfarm

When we used to brew our beer on #WindmillHillCityFarm, all our used grain was added to the animals feed rather than thrown away. We continue to do this as part of our sustainable ethos, even though we've moved a little farther away up the hill to #Totterdown.

This is the leftover grain from this weeks lager brew (coming soon) which we took down to the farm on Wednesday morning. Another brew planned next week too.

#sustainablebrewing #leftovers #helpingout #communityfarm #BS3 #Bedminster

“An outdoor village hall” - that's the vision of Transition Town Dorchester's community farm.

This week, they launched a new partnership with mental wellbeing charity Dorset Mind, so adults & children they support have a peaceful space to grow food and be in nature.

Read their story (& meet the hens): https://transitiontogether.org.uk/transition-farm-throwing-open-its-gates/

#transitiontown #transition #community #climateaction #MentalHeath #communityfarm #localfood #dorset