first day

MY FIRST DAY out of Santa Cruz (yesterday), and I find myself:

at the Landscape Horticulture Department at Merritt College

conversing on the role of cultural diversity in landscape design

getting connected to an apprentice alum

ditching a screening of 'Seeding the Future' to attend a series on sustainable food systems

in the same room as Alice Waters, Nikki Henderson, Michael Pollan, and Raj Patel

receiving an invitation to the 3rd Annual Food Collective Harvest Gala

having food and drink with my old agroecology lab mates

brainstorming ways to re-invest assets

feeling lucky with direction