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
A major tv media outlet is looking to:
” profile someone who is in the LA area (from San Diego to Santa Barbara) that is in process of transforming his/her life as a combined result of the economic conditions and who is taking the Dervaes’ message as the inspiration for that transformation. The more radical the [...]
• Homegrown Revolution
• Urban Farming Documentary – 15 minutes
• Directed by Jules Dervaes, USA
HOMEGROWN REVOLUTION (15 min) is a short informational introduction to a homegrown project that has been called a new revolution in urban sustainability. In the midst of a densely urban setting in downtown Pasadena, radical change is taking root. For over twenty [...]
On Thursday Jordanne & Farmer D headed down to Newport Beach for a planning and think session with the Planning Center and special guest John Thackara
They got there early and had a chance to chat with Thackara and few others before the meeting started. Jordanne said that a lot of folks came up saying how [...]
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 [...]
Poster courtesy of CICLE.org
PTF will be out & about the month of November spreading inspiration and hope.
There’s a flurry of activity before everyone goes into winter hiberanation so get out your calendar’s and mark these dates!
Nov 2 – Green Summit – Leap Frog Into a Sustainable Future, Pasadena City College (10 am – 1 pm) Path to [...]
People milling around, petting the goats and (Jordanne’s in the middle answering everyone’s questions)
Lining up for food
Fill ‘em up! Six tables full of good food.
Happy goats
Happy volunteers
Eating and socializing
Everyone getting to know their table mates
The “Freedom Garden” table and our very own So Cal Freedom Gardeners contingent
Folks listen intently to the quiz questions following the [...]
Eco Documentary & Local Food Potluck
By popular demand! Join us for another evening of food, inspiration and community. Space is limited so please reserve.
When: Sunday, September 14
Time: 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Where: 651 N Orange Grove (school adjacent to the urban homestead), Pasadena CA
Cost: $10 (what your donation pays for) Children under 12 are free.
Reservation [...]
Sharing the path, Anais & Jordanne give UCLA students a tour of the urban homestead
Uprising Radio KPFK 90.7
The recent spike in oil and food prices, and extreme weather conditions due to climate change have led many Americans to consider changing their eating and shopping habits and even their lifestyles. In Pasadena, the Dervaes family has [...]
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 [...]
Clay pot irrigation tomato bed. Cassidy, our cat, sleeps among the rows of tomatoes
Plants are heavy with sun ripen tomatoes. No salmonella worries on our farm!
Summer blooms.
It’s a jungle out there. Lady bug earth oven nestles amongst the garden greenery
Backyard garden growing up!
The garden giants take over! The four corners of the yard are [...]
Dear Homegrown folks,
I’m 55 years young, a pastor in Arizona. born in New York, went to Woodstock (the original one), happily married and have 5 delightful grandkids (and one on the way). I saw your YouTube “Homegrown Revolution” http://youtube.com/watch?v=mCPEBM5ol0Q back in March of this year, and that last line – that if you want to [...]
Subject: Hau mikola
My wife found you guys on youtube today and this gives us great inspiration and hope during these unsttable times. We are looking forward to being able to do this in the near future. Thanks for sharing your lives and useful info and hope for normal food like I grew up with!
Walk in [...]
RE: KVIE/Cal Heartland
Hi Jules, Nici (yours truly’s nickname… sheesh, now everyone knows!), Jordie & Justin! I can’t thank you enough for letting us into your home and giving us a wonderful story! You are truly a dedicated, inspirational and warm family and I really had a great experience getting to know you and your [...]
Yesterday Jules Dervaes once again delivered a thought provoking and inspiring presentation/talk to a very enthusiastic and inquisitive crowd at Ten Thousand Villages, Pasadena. A special thanks to Sam, the store’s manager, for inviting PTF to speak, who, afterwards presented us with a card which read:
Thank you on behalf of our [...]
PTF was out and about once again on Saturday for Pasadena’a Greening the Earth Day celebration at Memorial Park Thanks to those who stopped by our booth – nice to meet ya’ll!
Like to especially thank a few people: Janice thank you for the wonderful gift of homegrown tangerines. Laurie, we look forward to your plums [...]
Jules
Hope you can take few moments out of your busy schedule to enjoy this songs I wrote. Your website and all your & your family are doing have motivated me so much lately! Thanks for all the good works you’re doing. I live in Napa with my wife and children in a [...]
