Wow, it’s that time already for another Weekly Round Up? This week we are focusing on our growing outreach as we put out a call for a few know-how and passionate writers to become part of the our social network team. Would that be you?
With all that’s going on, figure it’s high time I sit and collect all the newbytes and articles that ya’ll may have missed this week. On Fridays I am going to try to make it a weekly habit to post some highlights. Git along little dawgies!
The summer harvest is now just started to pour in and what a blessings. We are so thankful for the bounty that the earth provides. This week we revisited and revived our 100 Foot Diet Challenge
What: Film Screening of CONSUME THIS MOVIE! & Local, Vegetarian Potluck
When: Sunday, July 19 (5:30 PM – 9:00 PM)
Where: 626 Cypress Ave, Pasadena CA (see map)
Cost: $10 (children under 12 are free) A small entrance fee is required to help pay for facility rental, dvd screening fee, sound system, and purchase of eco friendly compostable dinnerware
Space [...]
You asked for ‘em now you got ‘em – bumper stickers to show your support for FreedomGardens.org not to mention proudly state that “I grow my own.”
FG is offering them for $6.00 (plus $1.00 S&H) FYI from this offer $3.00 goes towards supporting FreedomGardens.org and our “CHANGE FOR CHANGE” fund raising campaign.
Thank you for [...]
Last week we enjoyed the garden’s blessings of bountiful produce along with other locally grown treats that were gotten in a swap with a local Freedom Farmer
Also there’s one day that we enjoyed breakfast for dinner. It was one of those busy days – garden, hive and other work and one needing something filling and [...]
What: Film Screening of ARE WE RUNNING DRY & Local, Vegetarian Potluck
When: Sunday, May 24 (5:30 PM – 9:00 PM)
Where: 626 Cypress Ave, Pasadena CA (see map)
Cost: $10 (children under 12 are free) A small entrance fee is require as it helps pay for facility rental, dvd screening fee, sound system, and purchase of eco [...]
Upgrades are happening as we speak to our homegrown social network – Freedom Gardens. FYI – the upgrades and database wrangling will be happening throughout the day so please be patient with us as we try to get the site back into ship shape.
However, lot of the bugs, glitches that were vexing and bothersome should [...]
Has always been a way of homebased economy here on the urban homestead. With the launch of Freedom Gardens it’s spurred a few local friendships and local food connections.
Of course, we can’t raise everything we eat here on the ’stead; however, we refrain from even shopping for organic produce at stores or even at farmer’s [...]
“There is a myth that there are agricultural societies, and then there are industrial societies and service societies, as if when you become an industrial or service society you don’t need food,” she says. “As we hit climate chaos, as we hit peak oil, assuming that you can get your food from far away and [...]
What: Film Screening of FOOD MATTERS & Local, Vegetarian Potluck
When: Sunday, April 26 (5:30 PM – 9:00 PM)
Where: 626 Cypress Ave, Pasadena CA (see map)
Cost: $10 (children under 12 are free) A small entrance fee is require as it helps pay for facility rental, sound system, and purchase of eco friendly, compostable dinnerware
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“Growing food is one of the most dangerous occupations on this earth because you are in danger of becoming free. ” Jules Dervaes
Now more than ever are we seeing that growing our own food not only has environmental but self-empowering implications. When take back our food we take back our lives.
Our food security is [...]
Already in the 1800’s it was well-known for his tree-nurseries. ‘De Coninck’ is a well spread family name in our village. Different branches of the family ‘De Coninck’ were very active in tree-nursery. One of them founded in 1848 the ‘Boomkwekerijen – Pepinières De Coninck’. An other tree-nursery (founded in 1847) belonged to the ‘Dervaes’ [...]
What: Film Screening of EATING ALASKA & Local, Vegetarian Potluck
When: Sunday, March 29 (5:30 PM – 9:00 PM)
Where: 626 Cypress Ave, Pasadena CA (see map)
Cost: $10 (children under 12 are free) A small entrance fee is require as it helps pay for facility rental, screening licensing fees, sound system, and purchase of eco friendly, compostable [...]
Besides what’s happening day to day here at urban homestead operations there’s lots happening on the Freedom Gardens homefront.
Here are some highlights to get you caught up
Freedom Harvest Challenge – Collective growing effort to harvest 1 million pounds is growing forward. Participants are sowing, growing and weighing in!
We are working on a live weigh in [...]
With nearly 400 request for the 2009 Freedom Seed list and just a couple handfuls of orders, we figured this dilemma called for a seed survey. Yes I am on the seed bend again and will till all the seeds are sold – that’s my mission and I am sticking to it.
Thanks to those of [...]
Winter sunflowers. That’s right we have a huge patch of self sown sunflowers that are in full bloom in January no less!
Garden in winter – assorted greens, garlic, broccoli, peas and onions.
A gorgeous head of broccoli.
Kumquats almost ripe. Though semi ripe, I just can’t wait and have been nibbling on them already! Enjoying the [...]
She’s a beauty. The apple press
Volunteers come early to get started on washing and halving the apples
Local, organic apples being washed
In go the apples
Time to press the pulp
Freedom Gardeners arrive and start filling up the tables with homegrown goodies
Cider pressing – everyone wants to lend a hand
Pouring the juice into the jars
One of the two [...]
If you live anywhere near Nevada City CA get out your calendars because PTF is going to be up there Jan 9-11 to give a workshop on urban homesteading along and premier our little in home production Homegrown Revolution.
We are also considering a No Cal Freedom Garden meetup while we are up there – anyone [...]
Our sister, network site, Freedom Gardens has surpassed 1,550 members and growing daily.
The revamped site has new, improved features like a forum, journal, find fellow FGers in your area and much. much more.
There are still more improvements which we are working on as we speak, but it’s getting there!
We are really excited over the community [...]
Channel98Worldwide.com presents a classic presentation of a lost film about the original victory garden. The inspiration for the long running PBS TV Show, this film has not been seen for 50 years.
There’s a new homegrown (organic) movement afoot. Check PTF’s homegrown social network site, Freedom Gardens. Share, connect with fellow food fighters who are growing [...]
Check out the new navigation bar!
Growing for 21st century food security, FreedomGardens.org is an online social community of gardening enthusiasts who are fed up with foreign oil, frequent food miles and high food prices.
It’s not finished yet, but no matter, we are celebrating small victories here today. The PTF team is pleased to say that our social network [...]
It’s crazy! Everyone’s busier than a bee on a blue basil – well, our ’stead bees. Anyhow, we are just plum out busy.
Skuttlebut has it that the long overdue and anticipated upgrades to Freedom Gardens is close, really close! We’ve waited – and waited, biting our nails over delay after delay after delay. Hopefully this [...]
With so much news happening, I am afraid urban homestead happenings take second fiddle to the goings on around us.
Though I know most of you are probably more interested in what Fairlight is doing these days or how we are dealing with the harlequin bug infestestation, this blog not only is a sounding board for [...]
I always like hearing Farmer D speak and it’s sometimes (even with PTF’s publicity) a rare privileged these days given all the time he spends here on the urban homestead – doing what he likes to do best, farming or homesteading.
Anyhow, it’s even more inspiring to hear and read other unbiased perspectives. Thanks for the [...]
This whole year we’ve been saying that the PTF outreach and work is growing, thanks to your support (especially during these hard times) we are reaching and inspiring more and more people to travel a more sustainable path.
We’ve gotten to the point where we are growing by leaps and bounds and we are going to [...]
Freedom Gardener, Yvonne, beautiful patch of freedom
Our Freedom Gardener of September hails from Sweden. By nourishing a beautiful garden she has borrowed a bit of nature to cherish. And by caring for her small patch of soil, she has found connection to the whole earth.
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Congratulations Yvonne, your garden is very beautiful! I wish [...]
“During the war over 20 million Americans planted these gardens, some even called them ‘Freedom Gardens’”
Growing Forward
… “freedom” is earned and cannot be taken for granted. In fact, there are forces (lets call them market forces) trying to gain control of the food market for their profit. If they can control the supply of food [...]
Is back!
Care to wager a guess our harvest for the month of August?
Tally “Hoe” Contest
This year, we urban aggies here at Path to Freedom, are on a personal challenge to grow from our annual 6,000 lbs to 10,000 lbs harvest on a 1/10 acre garden – how close will we get to our goal?
How to Enter
It’s [...]
When You Garden You Grow
Not only do you grow but you stay grounded, rooted by faith and humility.
We were slightly delayed in launching this community contest, but it’s finally up and ready for Freedom Garden Community to guess away on how much pounds we harvested from our 1/10 acre garden in July. We harvested [...]
“If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce, we would reduce our country’s oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week. That’s not gallons, but barrels.”*
From Oily Food, by Steven Hopp.
That was Then, This is Now.
In response to the [...]
Hey Lucie, got any teeth in that beak of yours?
The unsolicited media request haven’t stopped. That’s good, in a way, because it means that urban sustainability and food security are important and relevant issues.
With the recent Living Green Channel, KPFK radio and largest Spanish paper La Opinion highlighting the urban homestead lifestyle this week [...]
Zukes alive.
Tis the season when gardens are teeming with ripe veggies and fruit and kitchen counters, freezers and cabinets overflowth.
So with to do with the all the earth’s summer bounty? After all you can only eat three meals a day. Preservation (canning, drying, freezing, fermenting) is one possibility and swapping crops with fellow gardeners is [...]
Suburban farming might not be as crazy as it sounds
I have suggested from time to time that you grow at least a small portion of your own food. My reasons are many but the main ones are as follows:
· First, you gain an appreciation for what it is like to toil in the soil. While [...]
Shiny happy people – a group shot. Left to right: Sascha, Eileen, Jordanne, Justin, Johan, Anais, Kelly, Jules, Struan, Lauren, Eitan, Cory, Janice (behind the camera)
Group of guys sporting the ‘Homegrown Revolution’ tees. Left to right: Sascha, Justin, Eitan, Johan, Cory, Jules & Struan
People filing past the six tables of delicious local foods
Corry, one of [...]
One of our many volunteer squash this year tagged with a little propaganda – all thanks to Justin’s handiwork.
Freedom Gardens
Homegrown Revolution
On the Weather Front
June Gloom phenomenon in July?
June was unseaonably hot and in July we are expericing overast, “glooming” mornings. Even the evenings are cool. Last night during the party (photos to come) we had [...]
Attention all you backyard, side yard, front yard growing enthusiasts. Here’s your chance to help form food community alliances in your local area.
Help Sow the Seeds
1. inform – print, post, fax, email this press release on websites, local newspapers, newsletter, garden clubs, church, school – be creative!
2. enlist – on the homefront, spread the [...]
Freedom Gardeners of the World, Unite! Photo Copyright 2004 Path to Freedom
Seeding Change: Website Seeks to Liberate Diets—and Wallets—from Supermarket
Site’s “100-Foot Diet” Brings Local Food Movement Home
PASADENA, CA. – July 7, 2008 – Think of it as Facebook meets the Farmer’s Almanac: A social networking site for backyard pioneers who want to fight soaring food [...]
While Jordanne and crew are working on the last of the plugins and coding for Freedom Gardens (nearing 300 participants! ) which will allow blog post feeds and more, the next online outreach effort is in the works for the Urban Homestead site.
We’ve also been brainstorming. One such idea was to host a online [...]
On-growing Efforts
Over the weekend our companion site has topped 150 members and growing stronger every day (besides the FG site hasn’t been “officially launched” just yet!).
Jordanne tells me that pretty soon FG will feature more nifty profile features, community forum, community contributed blog, printed propaganda material and more. The site is a work in [...]
It’s finally catching on, the homegrown trend is growing!
Home-grown vegetables grow in popularity
LONDON (Reuters) – Almost 70 years after Britons were urged to Dig For Victory to produce hearty home-grown food to help the war effort, domestic horticulture is coming back.
Across the Atlantic, where mortgage defaults, plummeting property prices and spiraling oil costs have driven [...]
Psst, hey fellow Freedom Gardeners!
Challenge Icons for your Profile
Want to know what Freedom Gardens Challenges your friends are taking? Now it’s easy to find out with the new challenge icons:
Check them out on an Example Profile and click on the icon of your interest to find others who are participating.
To get these icons on your [...]
Attention all you homegrown revolutionaries. Recruit 5 new members to FREEDOM GARDENS of the World and receive a free, 100 % organic ‘Homegrown Revolution’ t-shirt.
Here’s How:
Sow the seeds of this homegrown revolution: recruit 5 other freedom gardeners to join you in your area or recruit 3 and receive 50% off the retail tee price
Claiming [...]
We have created a range of colorful banners, which you can use on your own website to support the Freedom Gardens campaign and challenges.
Join fellow gardeners and homegrown revolutionaries who are taking control over the food system in their own backyards.
:: Field Hand Appreciation :: R $10 donation. Your donations is greatly appreciated. [...]
(January 2008) PASADENA, CA – As localization becomes increasingly popular due to the continued rise in gas prices and with the cost of living skyrocketing in the southland, Reginald Miller shows us one mans way of saving money by bringing back an alternate method of putting food on the table the old fashioned way
:: Field [...]
