Grow! Twin Cities, New Urban Farm

Prayers can come true if you live them.  A Lakota Sioux elder once told a group of folks I was sitting with that if you want to see your prayers come true you have to live them.  What he said struck a chord with me.  If I pray for a healthy environment then I need to work for health in the environment.  By this way of living I am empowered to work for a miracle.  I like that because life on this planet seems like it needs a miracle right now.  From a grower's point of view, we can start living our prayers for healthy food, clean water, and a clean environment when we pick up a shovel and begin digging in to the work of transforming our food system, one steaming scoop of compost at a time.  We've got...

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Food Is The Second Medicine

The following is an excerpt from an interview that Russ Henry did with Growing Power as a part of Growing Power's series of interviews about race, justice, and the food system.       Food is the second medicine.My wife Shaunna tells me that water is the first medicine and food is the second.  Shaunna is a beautiful Lakota Sioux woman who knows her heritage.  Her grandparents taught her that water and food are medicine.  What keeps us healthy and helps us most when we are sick are clean water and good food.   We are spiritual beings having a physical experience.  When our feelings are hurt or we’re down we might say our spirits are low.  When we feel great we say we’re in high spirits. ...

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