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#SolarPunkSunday #Food #Cooperatives #FoodCooperatives #FoodSecurity

🌱 How many wild edible plants do you know?

Learning to identify edible and medicinal plants can build confidence, practical skills and a deeper connection with nature. Imagine raising children who know plants by name and understand what nature can provide.

Start with the plants around you. Learn, forage responsibly, and enjoy the adventure. 🌿💚

#Foraging #Nature #Permaculture #FoodSecurity #Sustainability

🌱 How many wild edible plants do you know?

Learning to identify edible and medicinal plants can build confidence, practical skills and a deeper connection with nature. Imagine raising children who know plants by name and understand what nature can provide.

Start with the plants around you. Learn, forage responsibly, and enjoy the adventure. 🌿💚

#Foraging #Nature #Permaculture #FoodSecurity #Sustainability

🌱 How many wild edible plants do you know?

Learning to identify edible and medicinal plants can build confidence, practical skills and a deeper connection with nature. Imagine raising children who know plants by name and understand what nature can provide.

Start with the plants around you. Learn, forage responsibly, and enjoy the adventure. 🌿💚

#Foraging #Nature #Permaculture #FoodSecurity #Sustainability

Why did 1,000 world citizens bury their underpants?

Study: Land use is the biggest factor in determining decomposition rates of organic cotton underpants.

Jennifer Ouellette – Aug 27, 2026

Excerpt: "A thousand people voluntarily buried their cotton underpants for two months—not to keep the Underpants Gnomes from stealing them, but as part of a citizen science project to map out soil health in 25 countries around the world. The results of this unique experiment were reported in a new paper published in the journal #PlantsPeoplePlanet.

" 'Our results show that how soil is managed can significantly affect both soil life and soil quality,' said co-author Marcel van der Heijden, an #agroecologist at the University of Zurich. 'Healthy, biologically active soil is crucial for fertility, nutrient cycling and many other #ecosystem services.'

" #SoilHealth is critical for #agriculture and, by extension, #FoodSecurity, not to mention a healthy #GlobalEcosystem, but it has been declining worldwide, per the authors. One key indicator of soil health is #decomposition rates of complex organic matter, breaking down stuff like leaves, wood, even cadavers into simpler organic and inorganic compounds, releasing C02 and nutrients in the process. There have been relatively few large-scale national decomposition studies involving different land use types, although smaller studies have shown that how humans use a site can significantly affect the soil’s biological diversity.

"Commercially available teabags are a common material used to measure decomposition rates, known as the #TeabagIndex ( #TBI ). However, Van der Heijden and colleagues felt the teabag index could be improved upon, given that it requires careful handling and specific tools, like a fine-scale balance. They opted for a more playful approach to illustrate soil composition.

"Prior research had shown that cotton strips could also be used to assess decomposition, so why not engage in a bit of #CitizenScience and ask volunteers to bury cotton underpants for a couple of months, then dig them up and record the results? That’s exactly what the authors did in a national project they dubbed 'Proof by Underpants.' "

Read more:
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/why-did-1000-swiss-citizens-bury-their-underpants/

#SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScientists #MeasuringSoilHealth #SoilMicrobes #Gardening #Soil #SoilQuality

It feels like my campaign is moving on the back of a turtle. 🐢💔

We’re still $16 short of a fish meal my little girl is longing for. 🐟
My mother’s surgery is still waiting for support — $2,495 remains.

And to keep our story heard, I urgently need $40 for internet.

If you can help with even $1, or simply share this, you could make a real difference to us. ❤️
https://chuffed.org/project/sereengaza?pdm=url_copy
#helpgaza
#Gazachildren
#foodsafety
#foodsecurity
#surgeryneeded
#treatment

In a nation of so many foodbanks going, "maybe you should stock up on tinned goods for the Climate Crisis we failed to deal with" is a bit much.

And then to approve drilling in Jackdaw, it's like they're making it so easy for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, isn't it?

Fuck Andy Burnham, and fuck the guy (because it won't be a lady) who replaces him in two years!

#UKpol #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #Jackdaw #HolbornAndStPancras #Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodSecurity

In a nation of so many foodbanks going, "maybe you should stock up on tinned goods for the Climate Crisis we failed to deal with" is a bit much.

And then to approve drilling in Jackdaw, it's like they're making it so easy for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, isn't it?

Fuck Andy Burnham, and fuck the guy (because it won't be a lady) who replaces him in two years!

#UKpol #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #Jackdaw #HolbornAndStPancras #Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodSecurity

In a nation of so many foodbanks going, "maybe you should stock up on tinned goods for the Climate Crisis we failed to deal with" is a bit much.

And then to approve drilling in Jackdaw, it's like they're making it so easy for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, isn't it?

Fuck Andy Burnham, and fuck the guy (because it won't be a lady) who replaces him in two years!

#UKpol #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #Jackdaw #HolbornAndStPancras #Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodSecurity

In a nation of so many foodbanks going, "maybe you should stock up on tinned goods for the Climate Crisis we failed to deal with" is a bit much.

And then to approve drilling in Jackdaw, it's like they're making it so easy for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, isn't it?

Fuck Andy Burnham, and fuck the guy (because it won't be a lady) who replaces him in two years!

#UKpol #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #Jackdaw #HolbornAndStPancras #Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodSecurity

In a nation of so many foodbanks going, "maybe you should stock up on tinned goods for the Climate Crisis we failed to deal with" is a bit much.

And then to approve drilling in Jackdaw, it's like they're making it so easy for the Holborn and St Pancras byelection, isn't it?

Fuck Andy Burnham, and fuck the guy (because it won't be a lady) who replaces him in two years!

#UKpol #UKpolitics #ClimateCrisis #Jackdaw #HolbornAndStPancras #Foodbanks #Poverty #FoodSecurity

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@PoliceStateUK/117211754111671713

We're gonna starve and be shot at for stealing food from the rich.

Vote Labour everyone, lol!

#UKpol #UKpolitics #Labour #ClimateCrisis #FoodSecurity

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@PoliceStateUK/117211754111671713

We're gonna starve and be shot at for stealing food from the rich.

Vote Labour everyone, lol!

#UKpol #UKpolitics #Labour #ClimateCrisis #FoodSecurity

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@PoliceStateUK/117211754111671713

We're gonna starve and be shot at for stealing food from the rich.

Vote Labour everyone, lol!

#UKpol #UKpolitics #Labour #ClimateCrisis #FoodSecurity

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@PoliceStateUK/117211754111671713

We're gonna starve and be shot at for stealing food from the rich.

Vote Labour everyone, lol!

#UKpol #UKpolitics #Labour #ClimateCrisis #FoodSecurity

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@PoliceStateUK/117211754111671713

We're gonna starve and be shot at for stealing food from the rich.

Vote Labour everyone, lol!

#UKpol #UKpolitics #Labour #ClimateCrisis #FoodSecurity

Seeds of hope: how a local farming project is offering a lifeline to Gaza https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/04/seed-bank-hope-farming-project-gaza-al-qarara #Farming #Gaza #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Palestine #WorldNews #FoodSecurity

Seeds of hope: how a local farming project is offering a lifeline to Gaza
By Tamara Davison

Family-run Al-Qarara Seed Bank is striving to help Palestinians gain sovereignty over their food security

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/04/seed-bank-hope-farming-project-gaza-al-qarara

#Farming #Gaza #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Palestine #Worldnews #Foodsecurity #TheGuardian #TamaraDavison

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Abelvicent/117212360896060423

#EnvironmentalConservation #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Permaculture #Agroecology #FoodForest #Agroforestry #SoilHealth #TreePlanting #SchoolGardens #CommunityOutreach #Nature #FoodSecurity #ZeroWaste #LandRestoration #SustainableFarming #Naturfrënn

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Abelvicent/117212360896060423

#EnvironmentalConservation #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Permaculture #Agroecology #FoodForest #Agroforestry #SoilHealth #TreePlanting #SchoolGardens #CommunityOutreach #Nature #FoodSecurity #ZeroWaste #LandRestoration #SustainableFarming #Naturfrënn

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Abelvicent/117212360896060423

#EnvironmentalConservation #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Permaculture #Agroecology #FoodForest #Agroforestry #SoilHealth #TreePlanting #SchoolGardens #CommunityOutreach #Nature #FoodSecurity #ZeroWaste #LandRestoration #SustainableFarming #Naturfrënn

RE: https://mastodon.design/@abed_in_gaza123/117196827100615131

‼️CHILDREN STARVING‼️

🚨🚨🚨Dr Abed @abed_in_gaza123 feels abandoned. All he wants is to be able to feed his children‼️

Please help by sharing. Donate if you can.

HELP LINK: https://ll4g.link/SDDU

#Gaza #Palestine #humanity #humanrights #childrenofgaza #gazachildren #helpchildren #savechildren #family #foodsecurity #fediforgaza #GazaMutualAid #savelives #savegaza #sharingiscaring #hope #dignity #boost4reach #boost4help

RE: https://mastodon.design/@abed_in_gaza123/117196827100615131

‼️CHILDREN STARVING‼️

🚨🚨🚨Dr Abed @abed_in_gaza123 feels abandoned. All he wants is to be able to feed his children‼️

Please help by sharing. Donate if you can.

HELP LINK: https://ll4g.link/SDDU

#Gaza #Palestine #humanity #humanrights #childrenofgaza #gazachildren #helpchildren #savechildren #family #foodsecurity #fediforgaza #GazaMutualAid #savelives #savegaza #sharingiscaring #hope #dignity #boost4reach #boost4help

RE: https://mastodon.design/@abed_in_gaza123/117196827100615131

‼️CHILDREN STARVING‼️

🚨🚨🚨Dr Abed @abed_in_gaza123 feels abandoned. All he wants is to be able to feed his children‼️

Please help by sharing. Donate if you can.

HELP LINK: https://ll4g.link/SDDU

#Gaza #Palestine #humanity #humanrights #childrenofgaza #gazachildren #helpchildren #savechildren #family #foodsecurity #fediforgaza #GazaMutualAid #savelives #savegaza #sharingiscaring #hope #dignity #boost4reach #boost4help

RE: https://mastodon.design/@abed_in_gaza123/117196827100615131

‼️CHILDREN STARVING‼️

🚨🚨🚨Dr Abed @abed_in_gaza123 feels abandoned. All he wants is to be able to feed his children‼️

Please help by sharing. Donate if you can.

HELP LINK: https://ll4g.link/SDDU

#Gaza #Palestine #humanity #humanrights #childrenofgaza #gazachildren #helpchildren #savechildren #family #foodsecurity #fediforgaza #GazaMutualAid #savelives #savegaza #sharingiscaring #hope #dignity #boost4reach #boost4help

RE: https://mastodon.design/@abed_in_gaza123/117196827100615131

‼️CHILDREN STARVING‼️

🚨🚨🚨Dr Abed @abed_in_gaza123 feels abandoned. All he wants is to be able to feed his children‼️

Please help by sharing. Donate if you can.

HELP LINK: https://ll4g.link/SDDU

#Gaza #Palestine #humanity #humanrights #childrenofgaza #gazachildren #helpchildren #savechildren #family #foodsecurity #fediforgaza #GazaMutualAid #savelives #savegaza #sharingiscaring #hope #dignity #boost4reach #boost4help

How does the mixture of cow dung and goat dung work??..
#EnvironmentalConservation #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Permaculture #Agroecology #FoodForest #Agroforestry #SoilHealth #TreePlanting #SchoolGardens #CommunityOutreach #Nature #FoodSecurity #ZeroWaste #LandRestoration #SustainableFarming #Naturfrënn

How does the mixture of cow dung and goat dung work??..
#EnvironmentalConservation #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Permaculture #Agroecology #FoodForest #Agroforestry #SoilHealth #TreePlanting #SchoolGardens #CommunityOutreach #Nature #FoodSecurity #ZeroWaste #LandRestoration #SustainableFarming #Naturfrënn

How does the mixture of cow dung and goat dung work??..
#EnvironmentalConservation #ClimateAction #Sustainability #Permaculture #Agroecology #FoodForest #Agroforestry #SoilHealth #TreePlanting #SchoolGardens #CommunityOutreach #Nature #FoodSecurity #ZeroWaste #LandRestoration #SustainableFarming #Naturfrënn

… extreme weather and killing people, with the most extreme #heatwave ever recorded hitting Europe this summer—El Niño will ratchet up the effects even further and likely push 50 m people into hunger.

#FoodSecurity #ClimateChange

On-Demand Global Landsat Evapotranspiration Product - Development, Evaluation, And Dissemination
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2026.115633 <-- shared paper
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https://espa.cr.usgs.gov <-- shared (open data) USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform
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https://etdata.org/ <-- OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (water management)
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https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions/landsat-collection-2-provisional-actual-evapotranspiration-science-product <-- shared USGS Landsat Collection 2 Provisional Actual Evapotranspiration Science Product
--
H/T @mac Friedrichs | Remote Sensing Scientist, KBR | USGS EROS
“This paper summarizes new achievements in developing and distributing the Global Landsat Level-3 Evapotranspiration (ET) product. It is freely available through the USGS EROS Science Processing Architecture (ESPA) platform (2nd link above). 🛰️ …
Since the product launch in June 2020, there have been over 1.2 million Landsat-based ET orders around the world. This indicates increasing awareness and application of the ET data to help understand and manage the relationships among food, energy, and water resources. 🌽💧 …
It features the ESPA workflow and evaluation of the upgraded SSEBop model using a variety of observational datasets and hydrologic regions, and examination against OpenET SSEBop platform implementation (3rd link above.)…”
--
“HIGHLIGHTS
• ESPA platform allows access to on-demand, global, Landsat-based, ET products.
• SSEBop model has been used to create ET data since 1982 through ESPA.
• A quick estimation of field-scale crop consumptive water use can be achieved.
• Numerous orders reflect worldwide extensive interest and utilization of the data.
• Method, workflow, and performance of the actual ET data are presented in the study..."
#EROSScienceProcessingArchitecture #climate #global #Evapotranspiration #ET #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #water #hydrology #opendata #Landsat #OpenET #SSEBop #WaterManagement #Agriculture #USGS #EROS #datadelivery #food #foodsecurity #energy #water #watersecurity #model #modeling #ESPA #farming #cropland #wateruse #waterresources #workflow
@USGS @EROS

I have 3 jalapeño plants. All are producing a lot of peppers! This is one of them, with a cluster of jalapeño peppers, ripening 😁👩‍🌾💚
I love eating pickled jalapeños & am planning to pickle up most of our harvest.

#peppers #jalapeño #iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl

My top pruned Thai chili pepper plant is now bushier than the others not top pruned & it has almost same amount of flowers. Currently there are 19 peppers developing on it. My other Thai chili peppers plants are also loaded with flowers & each one has over 20 peppers on them. I'll do a harvest weigh in comparison, when they're all picked 🙂✌️💚

#peppers #iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl

Beet & rutabaga seeds have been sowed. I'm sowing next bunch of seeds every 1.5 weeks until end of September 👩‍🌾💚
Sowing my Winter turnips & daikon, next week.
The beet seeds are from Borden Mercantile. The rutabaga seeds, that look like poppy seeds, are from my friend's garden - she is unsure what variety it is.

#iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #AnarchoSocialist #GrowVegetables #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl #beets #rutabaga

Mucho mycelium. No pins yet.

#iGrowFood #WineCaps #mycelium #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #GrowMushrooms #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #ContainerGardening #GrowOnGirl

Indigenous red corn - two baby ears 💚
Unexpected garden joy 😊

#corn #iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #GrowOnGirl

Baby corn - sweet yellow corn - local dwarf variety. I didn't expect to get any ears at all so these were nice surprises.

#corn #iGrowFood #FoodSecurity #FoodEquity #FoodSystems #GrowFood #GrowItEatIt #AntiCapitalist #BeTheChange #SeedsOfTheRevolution #GardeningIsRevolutionary #ResistanceGardeners #GrowFromSeed #DisabledGardeners #FoodGardening #FoodPlants #Saanich #VictoriaBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Zone8 #YYJ #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #HomegrownGoodness #HomegrownFood #GrowOnGirl

#BathME - #SharingTable In-Person

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
12pm - 2:30pm

Library Gazebo
Patten Free Library
33 Summer Street
Bath, ME 04530

"Free fresh vegetables gleaned from #LocalFarms provided by the #MerrymeetingGleaners and #MidCoast #HungerPrevention Program. Find the Sharing Table outside the Children's Room from September-May and in the Gazebo during the summer.

Sharing tables are open to anyone, there is no income or residency requirement and they are 100% anonymous. The tables are stocked with #FreshProduce as well as some prepared items, processed using any surplus gleaned food. #TakeWhatYouNeed and leave the rest for your friends and neighbors. Produce will vary depending on what is available from the farms and gardens. Please bring your own bags."

Event page:
https://patten-lib.libcal.com/event/15944856?hs=a

FMI:
https://www.merrymeetingfoodcouncil.org/merrymeeting-gleaners

#SolarPunkSunday #PattenFreeLibrary
#FoodSecurity #FoodSharing #MaineEvents #LibrariesRule #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #FarmToTable #BuildingCommunity #MaineLibraries

#BathME - #SharingTable In-Person

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
12pm - 2:30pm

Library Gazebo
Patten Free Library
33 Summer Street
Bath, ME 04530

"Free fresh vegetables gleaned from #LocalFarms provided by the #MerrymeetingGleaners and #MidCoast #HungerPrevention Program. Find the Sharing Table outside the Children's Room from September-May and in the Gazebo during the summer.

Sharing tables are open to anyone, there is no income or residency requirement and they are 100% anonymous. The tables are stocked with #FreshProduce as well as some prepared items, processed using any surplus gleaned food. #TakeWhatYouNeed and leave the rest for your friends and neighbors. Produce will vary depending on what is available from the farms and gardens. Please bring your own bags."

Event page:
https://patten-lib.libcal.com/event/15944856?hs=a

FMI:
https://www.merrymeetingfoodcouncil.org/merrymeeting-gleaners

#SolarPunkSunday #PattenFreeLibrary
#FoodSecurity #FoodSharing #MaineEvents #LibrariesRule #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #FarmToTable #BuildingCommunity #MaineLibraries

#BathME - #SharingTable In-Person

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
12pm - 2:30pm

Library Gazebo
Patten Free Library
33 Summer Street
Bath, ME 04530

"Free fresh vegetables gleaned from #LocalFarms provided by the #MerrymeetingGleaners and #MidCoast #HungerPrevention Program. Find the Sharing Table outside the Children's Room from September-May and in the Gazebo during the summer.

Sharing tables are open to anyone, there is no income or residency requirement and they are 100% anonymous. The tables are stocked with #FreshProduce as well as some prepared items, processed using any surplus gleaned food. #TakeWhatYouNeed and leave the rest for your friends and neighbors. Produce will vary depending on what is available from the farms and gardens. Please bring your own bags."

Event page:
https://patten-lib.libcal.com/event/15944856?hs=a

FMI:
https://www.merrymeetingfoodcouncil.org/merrymeeting-gleaners

#SolarPunkSunday #PattenFreeLibrary
#FoodSecurity #FoodSharing #MaineEvents #LibrariesRule #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #FarmToTable #BuildingCommunity #MaineLibraries

#BathME - #SharingTable In-Person

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
12pm - 2:30pm

Library Gazebo
Patten Free Library
33 Summer Street
Bath, ME 04530

"Free fresh vegetables gleaned from #LocalFarms provided by the #MerrymeetingGleaners and #MidCoast #HungerPrevention Program. Find the Sharing Table outside the Children's Room from September-May and in the Gazebo during the summer.

Sharing tables are open to anyone, there is no income or residency requirement and they are 100% anonymous. The tables are stocked with #FreshProduce as well as some prepared items, processed using any surplus gleaned food. #TakeWhatYouNeed and leave the rest for your friends and neighbors. Produce will vary depending on what is available from the farms and gardens. Please bring your own bags."

Event page:
https://patten-lib.libcal.com/event/15944856?hs=a

FMI:
https://www.merrymeetingfoodcouncil.org/merrymeeting-gleaners

#SolarPunkSunday #PattenFreeLibrary
#FoodSecurity #FoodSharing #MaineEvents #LibrariesRule #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #FarmToTable #BuildingCommunity #MaineLibraries

#BathME - #SharingTable In-Person

Tuesday, September 1, 2026
12pm - 2:30pm

Library Gazebo
Patten Free Library
33 Summer Street
Bath, ME 04530

"Free fresh vegetables gleaned from #LocalFarms provided by the #MerrymeetingGleaners and #MidCoast #HungerPrevention Program. Find the Sharing Table outside the Children's Room from September-May and in the Gazebo during the summer.

Sharing tables are open to anyone, there is no income or residency requirement and they are 100% anonymous. The tables are stocked with #FreshProduce as well as some prepared items, processed using any surplus gleaned food. #TakeWhatYouNeed and leave the rest for your friends and neighbors. Produce will vary depending on what is available from the farms and gardens. Please bring your own bags."

Event page:
https://patten-lib.libcal.com/event/15944856?hs=a

FMI:
https://www.merrymeetingfoodcouncil.org/merrymeeting-gleaners

#SolarPunkSunday #PattenFreeLibrary
#FoodSecurity #FoodSharing #MaineEvents #LibrariesRule #NeighborsHelpingNeighbors #FarmToTable #BuildingCommunity #MaineLibraries

Spotlight - #GreenYouthMovement

"Imagine a family that struggles to afford enough nutritious food for their children. Through the Green Youth Movement, they gain access to practical #training, #seedlings, and a local #DemonstrationFarm that teaches them how to grow diverse, healthy food on their own land. What begins as a garden leads to better nutrition, lower food costs, new income opportunities, and a healthier future for their children.

Green Youth Movement exists to help families move from food insecurity to self-sufficiency by empowering local youth to restore the land, grow food, and share knowledge throughout their communities.

A $16,000 investment will secure three acres of land in #Uganda that will become a demonstration farm, #FoodForest nursery, and community education center. Rather than funding a one-time project, donors will help create a replicable model that trains local volunteers, improves #FoodSecurity, restores #SoilHealth, and lays the foundation for long-term community-led growth."

Green Youth Movement's first Call to Action meeting in July 2026. Agenda includes an introduction by the founder, Phocit Mugisha, and an explanation of the program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRD2Xup8lzc

To donate:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/empower-ugandan-families-with-green-youth-movement?attribution_id=sl:58f30002-b611-409e-8dca-e508bc0be8a5&lang=en_US&ts=1782774980

Follow @greenyouthmovement here on Mastodon!

#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity
#YouthGardening #Fundraisers
#MutualAid #ClimteChangeAdaptation
#SelfSufficiency #Africa

Spotlight - #NutritiousFoodsUganda

"Nutritious Foods #Uganda is dedicated to empowering urban youth through the power of #SustainableAgriculture. By turning limited city spaces into productive, life-giving gardens, we teach the next generation how to grow their own fresh, nutrient-dense crops. We are tackling malnutrition head-on, fostering food security, and cultivating young leaders driven to build a healthier, greener future right where they live.
Proudly continuing a legacy of nourishment and community strength, Nutritious Foods Uganda is redefining farming for the modern world. We are passionate about empowering city youth through urban agriculture—proving that you don't need acres of land to make a difference.

"Through practical training in sustainable vertical gardening, container planting, and space-efficient farming, we teach the next generation how to grow their own healthy food. Together, we are fighting malnutrition, creating green spaces, and building a resilient, well-nourished future for our communities.

What is your dream for the future of your farm and/or location in general?

To teach the youth how to grow crops in a small piece of land."

Link to #AgroecologyMap:
https://agroecologymap.org/locations/nutritious-foods-uganda

To donate:
https://gravatar.com/nutritiousfoodsuganda

Follow @Joshuakevins12 here on Mastodon!

#SolarPunkSunday #UrbanGardening #FoodSecurity #YouthGardening #Fundraisers #MutualAid #ClimteChangeAdaptation #UrbanAgriculture #Africa

Lots of parsley seeds, sowed 2 weeks ago, have sprouted.
One of my ginger seedlings is starting to leaf out.

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I'm harvesting all of these ripe heirloom sweet orange cherry tomatoes from this large pot, today.

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My first of two artichoke propagations. This one is now 1.5' tall & is very lush & healthy 💚👩‍🌾
My other one is only 3 inches tall so far but should grow bigger over next few weeks.

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Bagged watermelons for protection.
These are 3 of 15 of watermelons that are currently growing on vines.
It's my 2nd year attempting to grow watermelons on Southern Vancouver Island. I'm getting a lot more fruits than last year 🍉👩‍🌾👍
My cantaloupe seeds failed this year.

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Today's #BackyardHarvest.

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Sowed watercress in 2 pots & 1 repurposed colander(lined with paper towel). I picked up 4 free colanders, on the weekend. They're all in a repurposed cafeteria bin, with water.

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