On the Post-Scarcity Food front. My local group, which covers Free Fridges, Food Rescue, and Indoor Food Gardening - we just got interviewed my our town's local newspaper.

Which is cool.

We're starting to get noticed and more and more folks are joining the group organically.

The group currently has around 65 members in the discord chat. 80ish members (much overlap) on the email newsgroup. We have around 10 folks that have signed up for the food rescue app. And we get 5 to 15 folks in person and via zoom for the monthly meetings. We have a core very active group of around 6 folks with lots of folks hanging in the wing to help as needed.

And we have intentionally NOT recruited or let folks know about us (beyond a couple local events), as we wanted to get some things in place first.

I wanted to make sure that volunteers weren't met with a ghost town, right. I wanted to get the infrastructure in place first.

Well it's in place.

And we have some initial food rescues. And some more coming down the pipe. And some irons in the fire for new free fridge placements.

And the library and food bank is asking us to put together coursework and programming around growing your own food indoors.

So. For as much as I'm fucking nervous, lol. It's time to really start growing.... fuuuuck.

Ha! Funny thing. I was arguing caution and hoping for another month or two before really branching out and a fellow coordinator pushed back and said, fuck that, let's go now!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!! I'm being scared and I've been called out, HAHAHA!!! Which is good. I needed a swift kick in the ass. (honestly, if I hung back too much, this other person would have just gone ahead and done it. I am NOT the only decision maker here, even if I was the one to get it started)..

Alright. Fine. Let's do it, HAHAHAHA!!!!!

Oooooh.... this is happening. Shiiiit!!!

Failure is scary. But success is downright terrifying.

#solarPunk#mutualAid#foodSecurity#freeFridge#foodRescue

On the Post-Scarcity Food front. My local group, which covers Free Fridges, Food Rescue, and Indoor Food Gardening - we just got interviewed my our town's local newspaper.

Which is cool.

We're starting to get noticed and more and more folks are joining the group organically.

The group currently has around 65 members in the discord chat. 80ish members (much overlap) on the email newsgroup. We have around 10 folks that have signed up for the food rescue app. And we get 5 to 15 folks in person and via zoom for the monthly meetings. We have a core very active group of around 6 folks with lots of folks hanging in the wing to help as needed.

And we have intentionally NOT recruited or let folks know about us (beyond a couple local events), as we wanted to get some things in place first.

I wanted to make sure that volunteers weren't met with a ghost town, right. I wanted to get the infrastructure in place first.

Well it's in place.

And we have some initial food rescues. And some more coming down the pipe. And some irons in the fire for new free fridge placements.

And the library and food bank is asking us to put together coursework and programming around growing your own food indoors.

So. For as much as I'm fucking nervous, lol. It's time to really start growing.... fuuuuck.

Ha! Funny thing. I was arguing caution and hoping for another month or two before really branching out and a fellow coordinator pushed back and said, fuck that, let's go now!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!! I'm being scared and I've been called out, HAHAHA!!! Which is good. I needed a swift kick in the ass. (honestly, if I hung back too much, this other person would have just gone ahead and done it. I am NOT the only decision maker here, even if I was the one to get it started)..

Alright. Fine. Let's do it, HAHAHAHA!!!!!

Oooooh.... this is happening. Shiiiit!!!

Failure is scary. But success is downright terrifying.

#solarPunk#mutualAid#foodSecurity#freeFridge#foodRescue

#foodsecurity #farming#UVA#Virginia #charlottesville #cville#USDA #renewableenergy #humanties #piedmontblues #datajustice #blackculture #blackhistory #cleanenergy

Farming, food security, and farm labor are just part of the list of issues addressed by UVA programs. The impact is huge for Charlottesville, but also for Virginia and the nation.

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#foodsecurity #farming#UVA#Virginia #charlottesville #cville#USDA #renewableenergy #humanties #piedmontblues #datajustice #blackculture #blackhistory #cleanenergy

Farming, food security, and farm labor are just part of the list of issues addressed by UVA programs. The impact is huge for Charlottesville, but also for Virginia and the nation.

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Our next newsletter will discuss something that maybe you've been thinking about (but probably not): raising chickens in a dryland environment. What aspects of care are different? How do chickens fit into a regenerative project? What alternatives to chickens are there and what differences are there in the niche they fill?

If your land is not arid or dryland, but you are concerned about increasing temperatures and more frequent droughts, some of the care information in this post may be useful as your environment changes in the near future.

I hope to release this early this week, but don't forget to subscribe so that you don't miss it in your inbox.

And please consider subscribing at our supporter tier for fun gifts twice a year and access to additional information - this month I'll be releasing a delightful recipe for paid subscribers only. We could use your support to keep this space going. Thank you!

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#RegenerativeAg#Permaculture#DrylandPermaculture #ClimateChange#FoodSecurity#FoodSovereignty#Preparedness#Regeneration#Gardening#Farming#Chickens

Our next newsletter will discuss something that maybe you've been thinking about (but probably not): raising chickens in a dryland environment. What aspects of care are different? How do chickens fit into a regenerative project? What alternatives to chickens are there and what differences are there in the niche they fill?

If your land is not arid or dryland, but you are concerned about increasing temperatures and more frequent droughts, some of the care information in this post may be useful as your environment changes in the near future.

I hope to release this early this week, but don't forget to subscribe so that you don't miss it in your inbox.

And please consider subscribing at our supporter tier for fun gifts twice a year and access to additional information - this month I'll be releasing a delightful recipe for paid subscribers only. We could use your support to keep this space going. Thank you!

https://rancholibertad.com

#RegenerativeAg#Permaculture#DrylandPermaculture #ClimateChange#FoodSecurity#FoodSovereignty#Preparedness#Regeneration#Gardening#Farming#Chickens

Momentous Update on the Food Rescue Program!!!

We got our first food rescue!!!! Like official. In the app! Not an adhoc one. And it wasnt me who set this up! Another organizer got our first grocer. I put the route into the app and opened it up for volunteers.

And a community member picked it up!!!!!

We are rescuing food from a grocer and delivering to a free fridge!

Calling it: November 14th of last year (2024) - to now (June 10th 2025). 7 months from idea conception to a formal route / food rescue between a food seller and a food distributor. (With founding a mutual aid group, to growing it, to partnering with a national food rescue org - yay Food Rescue US! - to meeting with a grocer and connecting them to a free fridge all in between)

Now it's time to scale....

#solarPunk#mutualAid#foodSecurity#postScarcity#foodRescue#foodRescueUS#freeFridge

Today's food rescue: a bunch of submarine sandwiches from a local cafe!

Stuck em in the free fridge.

#solarPunk#mutualAid#foodRescue#foodSecurity#postScarcity#freeFridge