On Earth Day, NBC news featured my Victory Garden as their featured photo of the day. http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/22/17861914-shareandtell-share-your-earth-day-photos-with-us
My mother and I grow this garden to sustain our diet. We are starting this experiment in sustainable living because we do not want to support systems that put pressure on the environment, precious resources or decrease the quality of life for other people. I do not take pleasure in food grown far away or on huge agricultural farms. I do not take pleasure eating food from farms that depends on huge, dangerous fertilizer plants. I do not want to support systems that are unstable and the awful explosion in Texas is proof of these systems and their instability. We will have food to can for the fall. So when the next "One Hundred year storm" occurs, we won't panic or rush to the supermarket.
My Great Grandmother Olga, had a huge garden, I remember it, it helps me remember her and how independent she was. I want to be a part of the greatest generation in history. This is why my mother and I have a Victory Garden. It will only expand and as it does, our dependence on unstable systems will decrease. My Great Grandmother was not dependent on huge crowded supermarkets that caused stress and anxiety on a Sunday afternoon. She was out in her garden with her family, where we all should be. The sustainability movement is not just about the environment. My mother and I understand that our actions have consequences and just because those consequences are not visible to us, does not mean that they are acceptable. Sustainable living means that our daily habits reflect that respect towards humanity.
