Tag: Grow Where You Are
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The seeds you plant bring harvest
“Preparation is never lost time. The seeds you plant today will bring a harvest tomorrow.” 2017 marks mama earth’s 10th Anniversary. We are in awe of how fast the time has flown by, and of all of the beautiful people we have gotten to work with in these past years. Mama earth has…
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Bringing Natural Food to South LA
“If kids grow kale, kids eat kale. If they grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes. But when none of this is presented to them, if they’re not shown how food affects the mind and the body, they blindly eat whatever you put in front of them.” — Ron Finley The team at m.a.m.a. earth has been…
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The 2nd Best Time to Plant a Tree
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” -Chinese Proverb m.a.m.a. earth is a grassroots community organization that uses the power of art, music and nature to make a change for the better, locally and globally. We are very proud of the m.a.m.a. earth chapters around…
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Farm to School Summit
This past weekend, resident papa of m.a.m.a. earth, Eugene Cooke participated in The Farm to School Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. The Farm to School movement connects schools and local farms in an effort to serve healthy meals in school cafeterias, improve student nutrition, and increase farm and gardening educational opportunities. This year’s Summit welcomed…
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Food for Thought
The three pillars of m.a.m.a. earth are Art, Music and Nature. A big part of our mission has to do with food and food justice. The basic human right to have access to healthy food. Eugene Cooke, urban farmer, has helped with countless edible gardens around the country as well as Jamaica, Kenya and Tanzania.…
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A Community Celebration!
Aveson is a small, public, student-centered learning community in Alta Dena, CA with a focus on personalized learning, social leadership and healthy living. Aveson Educational Cooperative is comprised of two charter schools: Aveson School of Leaders and Aveson Global Leadership Academy. Aveson is an excellent example of school-wide, community-wide sustainability efforts and creating not just…
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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.…
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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…