My connection to food.

In my Urban Garden class we were asked to describe our relationship/connection to food. Although my connection is much longer and fuller than what I wrote here, it had to be less than 400 words and this is what I came up with. 

My connection to food. 

I have lived on a 300-acre organic farm for the last nineteen years of my life.

The changing seasons have shaped me as much as they have the fruits.

I pray for rain, not because it makes me happy, but because I know it will make the plants grow.

I grew up surrounded by bounty, kindheartedness and sustenance.

I have studied the earth as much, if not more, than my textbooks.

I know what it means to live sustainably, to live naturally and to grow from the earth.

I am constantly craving strawberries, watermelon and cucumbers because I know how they are supposed to taste.

I know milk doesn’t come from a store, and believe it is my duty as an agrarian to inform others of that fact.

I am a farmer’s daughter, a future gardener and a current chef.

I love food and because of that, I know that I will always share a special connection to where it comes from. 

The earth is my home.