from soil to sky
Thank you for joining us in our social and ecological work.
Our mission is to restore Illinois prairies, fight food insecurity with agroecology, build soil health with Regenerative Agriculture and engage the broader community on topics of sustainability.
Farm to Forb
Devoted to restoration, we are targeting land that was once native Illinois prairie, but has since been abused by generations of monotypic agriculture. Relentless tillage, lack of species diversity and minimal rotation have destroyed the prairie ecosystem. The presence of humans in the natural world should not be ignored, but we need to reimagine our survival and use of land. Farm to Forb aims to do just that, but converting this land back to its native state in tandem with permaculture.
Puerto Rico Coffee Connection
The Loving Seed is fortunate enough to be connected with Buena Fruta Farm in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Through this partnership we intend to not only help grow, harvest and process coffee on the farm level, but to help import the annual harvest to specialty coffee shops around the midwestern United States. PR Coffee Connection is a coffee collaborative dedicated to improving the lives of farmers through education and community engagement from seed to cup.
Prairie Produce
Where does our hope of survival lie amid this unsustainable agricultural system producing nutrient-poor options for a classist food network? The simple answer is to find empowerment in our own ability to grow food. When we treat the soil as a living organism and employ methods which ensure our long lasting ability to continue growing food for ourselves, we find success. Regenerative agriculture is a spectrum; Prairie Produce is our attempt to span that spectrum, grow food as if it were an agroecological system and strive towards food justice in our local communities.
Radically Rooted
Are we Radically Rooted? Yes, this is a self-published community newsletter chronicling the work of The Loving Seed. We dedicate our art and writing to community. Roots are a device for the sharing of art and the dissemination of radical ideas. Roots are wisdom. Roots are the earth, the stars, the moon and all the cosmos. Roots are a community of all life entangled. Roots are the relaxation of the grip about the river. Radical Roots stem from the totality of our collective awareness; TAP IN.
Seed Village
While most of our projects involve traveling the Midwest, or even Puerto Rico, Seed Village is the planned intentional community where those of us who elect to do so may live, work and learn. We will learn from the rich history of intentional communities worldwide who focus on ecology, economy, community and consciousness. A place to live together, sustainably and locally. Seed Village ties all of The Loving Seed together, educating and inspiring generations of seed revolutionaries.
“No fue difícil aprender a cantar”
— Alonso Del Rio
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