This is extremely important
In a world when we're constantly climbing uphill to learn the things the generations before us thought okay and even necessary to forget, we need to fight battles like this. Because food is one of the basic building blocks of life. And without an understanding of it and the right to take it into our own hands, how can we consider this life?
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A teacher in Memphis Tennessee is trying to have a garden and teach his students about the ability to grow food and understand nature. In response, the neighborhood is annoyed by the nuissance and the courts have ordered he get rid of it.
Read the following and take some action with me: Adam Guerrerro's front yard garden
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Here was my response to Judge Larry Potter:
Dear Judge Larry Potter,
I am writing to you about the issue of Adam Guerrerro's front yard garden. Please reconsider this issue and allow him to maintain the front yard garden. It is good for the individual, good for his students, and good for the community in which he resides to see someone taking charge of their own food.
I think it is a shame that front yard gardens are discouraged in this country due to the petty issue of appearance. When did we become so concerned with the outward look of a thing over its true functionality?
Growing food is one of the most basic ways of meeting the human need of nourishment. Why should taking control of what one consumes be illegal? I thought it was the goal of this country to protect personal freedoms and autonomy. It is a sad day when the government cares more about how a thing appears over what its function is. And, it is an even sadder day when the government moves to take away a person's autonomy and ability to sustain him or herself, placing their basic human needs instead in the hands of companies that grow food on large scales and don't answer directly to the individual.
What's more, it is imperative that the children of this country understand that food comes from the ground, not from a shelf in a store. How do we expect to be able to show the youth what food is and how it is grown if the mere appearance of a garden is a nuisance?
Again, please allow Adam Guerrerro to continue his gardening efforts in plain sight of his neighborhood. Naturally, the garden should be kept in good working order, free from trash and free from obstructing walkways and pathways and driveways. But please, don't allow the mere look of the thing to trump its use.
Besides, how much better would our neighborhoods be if we began seeing the beauty of nature and how it produces our sustenance, instead of thinking that anything out of the ordinary grass lawn (which has no nutritional benefit and wastes water to the end of mere appearances while a garden can be useful and educational)? My opinion is that they would be wholly better.
Sincerely,
Rae Ashenden
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A teacher in Memphis Tennessee is trying to have a garden and teach his students about the ability to grow food and understand nature. In response, the neighborhood is annoyed by the nuissance and the courts have ordered he get rid of it.
Read the following and take some action with me: Adam Guerrerro's front yard garden
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Here was my response to Judge Larry Potter:
Dear Judge Larry Potter,
I am writing to you about the issue of Adam Guerrerro's front yard garden. Please reconsider this issue and allow him to maintain the front yard garden. It is good for the individual, good for his students, and good for the community in which he resides to see someone taking charge of their own food.
I think it is a shame that front yard gardens are discouraged in this country due to the petty issue of appearance. When did we become so concerned with the outward look of a thing over its true functionality?
Growing food is one of the most basic ways of meeting the human need of nourishment. Why should taking control of what one consumes be illegal? I thought it was the goal of this country to protect personal freedoms and autonomy. It is a sad day when the government cares more about how a thing appears over what its function is. And, it is an even sadder day when the government moves to take away a person's autonomy and ability to sustain him or herself, placing their basic human needs instead in the hands of companies that grow food on large scales and don't answer directly to the individual.
What's more, it is imperative that the children of this country understand that food comes from the ground, not from a shelf in a store. How do we expect to be able to show the youth what food is and how it is grown if the mere appearance of a garden is a nuisance?
Again, please allow Adam Guerrerro to continue his gardening efforts in plain sight of his neighborhood. Naturally, the garden should be kept in good working order, free from trash and free from obstructing walkways and pathways and driveways. But please, don't allow the mere look of the thing to trump its use.
Besides, how much better would our neighborhoods be if we began seeing the beauty of nature and how it produces our sustenance, instead of thinking that anything out of the ordinary grass lawn (which has no nutritional benefit and wastes water to the end of mere appearances while a garden can be useful and educational)? My opinion is that they would be wholly better.
Sincerely,
Rae Ashenden
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