Union Habibti ☭ 🪬🧿

The @farmbudsmn Harvest Party was so lovely! It was so great to see my favorite organic farmers across the state of Minnesota, eat incredible food, & celebrate the winding down of the harvest season. I am really thankful to be a part of this community that has expanded my horizons beyond the cities.
Before this summer, there were many parts of Minnesota I had not yet experienced. People have so many misconceptions about rural America: the people who live there, the landscape/farms, and the struggles they face. I think if we connect with each other beyond race, class, culture, creed, religion, and zip code— the more we realize we are so much more alike than we know! The most beautiful thing about Farm Buds is the connection we are making between urban & rural peoples; creating sustainable & healthy food systems during a tumultuous time where we know the future will cause more chaos & unpredictability. The ruling class doesn’t want us to eat healthy, safe, & nutritious foods.
At the party, I met someone who told me they did a Watson Fellowship about climate grief. Much of the feeling I experience about climate catastrophe is grief… this weekend was in the 80s in autumn in Minnesota… Will we ever go back to “normal”? Sometimes I cry about the future because I don’t know what this world will be like. That is why I am so invested in seeing socialism in my lifetime and why I am a degrowth communist.
Another person from the party who is a leader in the Rondo neighborhood in Saint Paul said we should stop using the term food desert because deserts are naturally occurring, so instead start calling it food apartheid because it’s intentionally set up by the system. That really stuck with me and I hope we can think about the language we use and be more intentional about what we want to communicate. If you want to get involved and build relationships with farmers, hit me up~