Foodscaping is like a silver bullet for today’s biggest problems: our own personal health, our community health, and our long term sustainability. Foodscaping is how we can weave healthy food into our surroundings and sustainable health into our daily lives.
John C. Trimble, TedXOgden 2020
The experience of giving a TEDx talk was like no other. I still can’t watch it without feeling nervous 😆 and I can’t believe it’s me up there on the stage. It’s surreal. I’m incredibly humbled that it has been well received and I am so grateful for the support and all the amazing people that helped make it a success and to help get this message out there. I believe foodscaping is an idea truly worth spreading and TED is a platform that spreads ideas like no other. My talk has 35K views on YouTube in its first 48 hours. GULP. 😳
¿Qué significa para usted la jardinería Foodscaping?
Tengo un presentimiento que se va significar algo diferente para cada individuo, respectivamente hablando; desde encontrar el sabor orgánico de una planta de tomate que sembró con sus propias manos, hasta transformar su patio(s) en un jardín lleno de frutos.
Nuestro método para diseñar jardines y paisajes es verdaderamente radical. Nos enfocamos en poner las plantas más fructíferas en el medio, ya que estas se convierten en detalles ornamentales. En nuestro jardīn se pueden encontrar árboles frutales en espaldera, plantas colgantes que están compuestas ornamentalmente, chiles, tomates, y flores hermosas también incorporadas. También nos gusta incorporar decoraciones exteriores. Por ejemplo: piedra ornamental en el patio, grava, abono, tierra y muchas plantas desérticas sin necesidad de mucha agua para atraer a los insectos beneficiosos.
Pero la jardinería foodscaping también es muchísimo más:
La jardinería Foodscaping llena su patio con belleza vibrante y una vida abundante; le da acceso a los alimentos más sabrosos y nutritivos que se puedan concebir. Significa volver a conectar con los alimentos orgánicos y su origen; que también lo acercan más hacia un estilo de vida autosuficiente.
Al cultivar nuestro jardín en nuestra propiedad ayudamos a nuestra vecindad con una fuente de cultivos nutritivos para nuestros vecinos que de otro modo no podrían tenerlos. Al cultivar nuestro mundo, tendremos un futuro saludable y sostenible.
For us, the word foodscaping is also about the actual physical act–the hard work of replacing traditional landscapes, and reimaginar los alimentos and what our landscapes are to us —reimaginar lo que significan los alimentos en nuestra vida cotidiana. Nosotros creemos que nuestra salud depende de que entendamos qué es la comida orgánica y de dónde viene. Consideramos que nuestros jardines son una extensión de lo que somos, ya que estos encapsulan nuestra vida cotidiana y alavés también nos ayudan a dar pasos enormes en nuestra salud y nuestra sostenibilidad. Foodscaping consiste en ayudarnos unos a otros a ser inquisitivos sobre la jardinería.
We are excited to announce that we will be offering a limited number of materials grants to households who would otherwise not be able to purchase foodscaping materials. If you know someone who might benefit from this grant program please share our ‘'aplicación becaria'.)‘ page. If you would like to make a donation to the fund that is making this possible, please see our ‘(mi granito de arena.‘ page.
We are also excited to announce that we have put together a proyecto para hacer posible que usted y sus amigos puedan crear su propio grupo de jardinería voluntariado.. We would love to see foodscapes popping up all over and we think volunteer foodscaping groups are a great way to get that movement going. We can’t be everywhere, helping everyone in person, but we would love to help other foodscaping groups get started!
This post is chock-FULL of news!
Yesterday Holly and I had the honor of appearing on RadioACTive, which is a show for grassroots activists on KRCL 90.9 in Salt Lake City. We had the pleasure of talking about Foodscaping Utah with RadioACTive host Lara Jones and KRCL’s Punk Rock Farmer Aldine Strychnine. We also got to meet Gwen Crist of Slow Food Utah and heard all about their amazing organization. Our segment on foodscaping starts around minute 36 and runs to the end. They played segments from the TED talk live on the radio! Check out the link below to hear the show:
Gardening has done so much for us during this pandemic. It helps bring sanity to an insane world. It brings calm to constant stress and uncertainty. It brings positivity when most other things are negative. It brings a sense that you are participating in something bigger. And foodscaping in your frontyard or other visible space makes connections and starts conversations with people who are interested in planting the seeds of change.
Share your experience and knowledge about growing food with others. There’s nothing more rewarding than paying it forward and helping someone else. Grow your own food, donate your extras, and start your own foodscaping volunteer group.
Foodscape your frontyard, your rooftop, your school. Foodscape your community so we can bring flavor back to tomatoes, health back to our communities, and sustainability back to our world.