Real Roots
By Elena Durazo “I refuse to politicize the process of growing food,” Mark Davis tells me with an assertive shake of his head. “I hold a strong disdain for that.” Yet, he says, “what…
Feeding the Future
By Evelyn Zelmer We sit in what used to be a church parking lot, on stumps that used to be trees, surrounded by the promise of everything that is still to come. Across from me…
Dirt Therapy
By Evelyn Zelmer After receiving a gardening task from farm-site manager Senija Davis, I use my bare hand to overturn decaying logs and unlock the soft mounds of compost beneath them— remnants of plant material,…