Tag: garden

  • Meditations on the Garden

    2012.  What seeds will we plant?  What will we sow?  My very favorite teacher, Dr. Caroline “Isis” Fuqua said, “Whatever you plant, you’re going to have to eat.” A big component of m.a.m.a. e a r t h is the work of resident papa, Eugene Cooke, urban farmer and the Grow Where You Are! movement.…

  • Sow Some Seeds of Peace and Grow Where You Are!

    Calling all students, parents, educators, activists and conscious community members! Eugene Cooke, urban farmer and first papa of m.a.m.a. e a r t h, returns to California at the end of this month bringing a brand new lecture/virtual journey through Kenya, East Africa.  Local food systems are developing worldwide and Eugene spent the first quarter…

  • An Edible Garden on Wall Street

    Los Angeles – October 2009 – The Ballington Plaza VS-65 subsidized housing complex, part of Volunteers of America, is smack dab on Wall Street – just not the Wall Street that you’re thinking of.  It’s in the middle of Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles where homelessness is an epidemic.  Ballington Plaza provides 275 subsidized…

  • A Red Carpet Charity Event honoring Michael Jackson

    On August 23rd, m.a.m.a. e a r t h will hold their next red carpet charity event that will pay tribute to Michael Jackson. Proceeds will benefit the residents of VS-65, a program of Volunteers of America Los Angeles on Skid Row.  The program helps homeless veterans achieve self-sufficiency and independence. m.a.m.a. e a r…