Hey y'all!

This weekend was long in coming and I think it's going to be short in leaving.

Our program is serving between 650-700 kids a day at last count. That's about double what we were prepared for so this week has been interesting to say the least at all of the sites. Here is hoping next week goes smoothly. I'm planning another round of outreach this weekend and we are switching up some of our stops to see if we can get more folks on the bus. I'll keep you updated on how we are doing.

Now I wanted to talk about another project going on in Johnson City. I am also working with Grand Aspirations on local initiatives through our group Build It Up East TN. We have sister programs all over doing some great work including our name sake and good pals at Build It Up West VA. You all should check them out!

One of the community projects we have been batting around is starting a seed library...some where. The purpose would be to increase knowledge about seed saving, protect heirloom and open-pollinated seeds and getting seeds and knowledge out to anyone that wants to start gardening. Plus, we would get a chance to give GMO seed producers like Monsanto the finger in a matter of speaking.

If you have been following the rulings of the lower courts and recently the Supreme Court then you know it's not looking all that good for food policy or farmers. Intellectual property patents have been used as a cruel tactic to take over the food supply. If you control the seeds, you control the food. And right now Big Ag is tilting us all towards monocrops and destroying the biodiversity of our food under the flag of ending global hunger.

If you are like me, then you agree that this is more of an equation to guarantee global hunger.

If the system is broken we must grow a new one.

So what do you all think? Should we start a seed library in Johnson City?