Our commitment to sustainable agriculture:
Once agriculture took hold in the United States, a hunting/gathering, nomadic lifestyle majorly decreased. It seems that the lifestyle which promoted following the seasons and one’s food source helped humans live here on earth sustainably for hundreds of thousands of years. Now, since we don’t need to live in moveable shelters and we have adequate storage and comforts, humans have been able to live WAY beyond our means. With this realization we find it important to honor the old ways in which every aspect of life was a gift from the earth mother who provides all. Since we are stationary here in Eastern Washington, we feel it important to respect the diversity, natural cycles and medicine this glorious place we call home can produce. This is one basic reason that we are so strongly committed to growing organically, on a small scale. To place unnatural substances on the earth and then expect her to thrive for the next seven generations to come is unrealistic. In our decision making both on the farm and off, we consider what the end product of our impact will look like. We make every effort to respect decomposition so that in the end, all we use not only returns, but contributes positively. We also realize that decomposition happens only in a healthy ecosystem where organisms are free to do their work and are not interrupted by unnatural inputs or excessive human intervention. Indeed, our farm is moving from a controlled, cultivated agricultural environment to a wilder, self-balancing system with less inputs altogether, while remaining highly productive.
It is not only our physical consumption that we know affects the lives of all beings on this planet, but our thoughts, words and actions as well. These have far more dramatic effects than many of us realize. Everything we have was first created in our minds’ eyes. The gifts of the earth make our lives possible and so with respect to that connection, we give back by working the land tenderly and joyously, giving thanks for our harvests.
Before any pharmaceutical company or FDA, humans and animals learned through dreams, traditional wisdom, and trial and error, to care for themselves through food and herbs. By carrying on this tradition, we share medicine that has been time tested over generations. We know that effective plant medicine comes from effective farming techniques as well as respect for the wild in which all these plants originate. Since all we have ever seen, used, worn and owned has come from the earth, we know that without her health, we will not be healthy. Sustainable agriculture is about taking into consideration our children’s children’s children while giving us a quality of life in which we can truly be part of the cycles of life.
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