University Campus Garden

Ahhh, The Urban Farm on the University of Oregon campus. This is one spot where my dreams for my future can come alive. I have had many ideas for what I wanted to be when I grow up. I wanted to be a preschool teacher, an artist, and a social worker, every year, it changed to something new. But back then, me "growing up" seemed like a possibility that in its self was a dream.  Now that I am growing up, slowly but surely, I can feel those dreams becoming more and more exciting, and real.
I have a new dream for my future, and one that seems like a good fit for what I stand for, and that connects me to my past, my family, and to my dreams. I have always loved helping people, and love the feeling and smell of mud under my toes. My family's farm has always intimidated me because of its large size and fast-paced lifestyle. I have always know that I want to experience living in other towns, and city's that are so unlike the place I was raised. I have worked at a summer camp where I connect students of all ages to food, and the earth. I love seeing the looks on their faces as they get continually dirtier over the course of a week, and the extreme change in their attitude as they leave their lives behind and step into the role of "farmer" if only for a week.
My dream is to help start Urban farms and gardens just like this one, where my dreams came alive, all around the United States, and the world. Where students, family members, and lost souls can come and connect to the earth, and connect to the plants that they receive their daily nourishment from. I don't know if this dream will stick, but at the moment, this is what is alive in me. And I can image helping people young and old make a comfortable place to escape from reality while we get our hands dirty dream up a better world.