The highest duty is to produce and put forth good food. “Food is the currency of life”.
-Vandana Shiva
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Connecting to our food source is one of the best things we can do to pursue optimum health and enlightenment.
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This little calf gave us all a scare this week when she decided to stop eating.
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It was a collective effort to get her back on track and it felt like everyone on the farm was pulling for her. 🐶🐔🐥🦙🐐🐐🐓🐂🐂🐂🐱
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The Momma cows circled around her protecting her from the cold while she recooperated.
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All we talked about in the house was how we could get her to eat. I don’t think 30 mins went by without checking on her. The Alpacas on the other side of the farm seemed to sense something wasn’t quite right they stood guard at the gate. Even Big Daddy Cat walked over to check things out.
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There was something so moving about all of us focused on saving one of our own. 👩🏻‍🌾🐂
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I barely slept Sunday night wondering if she would still be with us by Monday morning. 🥲
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At daybreak I cautiously made my way out to the pasture where she lay. I was filled with relief and gratitude when I saw she was wide eyed with her head up. Getting her to take a bottle that morning at sunrise was an experience I will never forget. 🥲😃
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I’m beginning to think raising our own food in some form is a necessary part of the human experience. The fulfillment and connection I feel to working this land is indescribable. There are miracles all around and gratitude fills my soul.
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Food is much more than fuel for the body, entertainment or quick gratification. It is our connection to the divine, the unknown and our culture. It’s an expression of love and our labor for it makes us worthy to consume it.
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It’s a practical cycle that sharpens both us and nature. Forgoing the cycle by eating without ever earning is a recipe for eventual disaster. I think we are living those nightmare consequences right now. Years of disconnection from food source has created a dependency on providers that do not have our best interests at heart.
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The connection to our food has been lost to many but it doesn’t have to stay that way. We’ve become so used to being completely reliant on others to provide we’ve forgotten that the sustenance we really crave is found through our labor.
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We don’t need to start by raising cattle or living on a farm. Buy local, create a small patio garden, sign up for a plot at a community garden or a get a few backyard chickens. You’d be surprised how much of an impact connecting with our food source can bring. It just may be what we’ve been craving.
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