Future visions

“T he past is painf ul, the present precarious, the f uture is free. We always see ourselves in the f uture.” -Erika Alexander

The future we want is already being cultivated. When we turn the soil and sow the seeds and watch the garden grow in abundance from season to season we are undoing centuries of harm on this land. Generations of displacement, disinvestment, exploitation and violence severed our ancestral dispositions. But with each season, the expansion of our collective healing and a freer future grows.

With great care and deep gratitude, we tend to our plants, watering deep into the soil, enough to reach the roots. Reconnecting with the earth helps us breathe better. Anyone who has spent time on the farm has knowledge to share and in that way we find ourselves growing as a community. We now have something to build towards and fight for.

Shared knowledge, shared work and shared visions across generations have created a pathway into the future. One that is free and rooted in community, self-sufficiency and good food. May we always inspire one another, build with each other and share with one another. We support each other, we sustain each other, we defend, protect and honor one another! Now and always. The future is free.

by marisa johnson

Mesoamerican cosmovision sees the earth and the cosmos as interconnected. It is a way of understanding how we relate to the world and life around us and that which is bigger than us. It is about being informed by this larger worldview and perspective in everything you do. The same is applied to agroecology, where whole systems are considered, where land stewardship is about protecting and preserving for generations, and the spiritual and ecological go hand in hand.