“Inch by Inch & Row by Row, gonna make my garden grow, all it takes is a rake and a hoe and a piece of fertile ground”…
This is an old song by David Mallett for a new time…
“I bless these seeds I sow…feel the need to grow my own, ’cause the time is close at hand”.
“…sun and rain, find my way in nature’s chain, tune my body and my brain to the music from the land”….”mother earth will make you strong if you give her love and care”.
There is another song…”The Times They Are A Changin” by Bob Dylan
Things are changing whether we are ready for it or not. There is a strong intention rising across America to localize our food system and it’s more urgent than ever to grow food where we are and to grow the health of our soil. There is a serious threat to food security by the changing climate globally and steps need to be made now to be able to navigate what is projected in the near future.
We need to take responsibiity for feeding ourselves and grow local food reliance. There is nothing secure about being dependent on a global food system. There is no better place to start solving this than our own kitchen table! Have neighbors over to share some of your garden harvest and talk about this. We don’t need to look any further than our own yard and working with our neighbors. Local food systems are built from the grassroots up. It begins with us!
Creating a local food culture, right where we live, requires a commitment to source from our local growers, or they will not be there to source from.
Our consistent, inch by inch efforts, will make this our reality!
I thought you’d enjoy this song!
Published on Jan 26, 2016
Music lyrics video for the song, THE GARDEN SONG, written by David Mallett and performed by David Grover and the Big Bear Band