First day impressions: food security conference
First day of the youth part of the food security conference just concluded… I’ve been generously sponsored to attend by BLAST (building local agricultural systems today), and I’m slightly blown away, and intimidated at the same time… So many people have done so much in their lives, to create food security within their communities… this one group from the Hopi in arizona…. they were building irrigation… a 1/2 mile long(!!!) trench was dug, 3 feet deep to put piping in!! i was pickaxing an afternoon, and my ass was kicked from that… And this 14 yr old girl who went to attend a UN conference as a delegate?! i’m trying to remember what i was doing at their age… certainly not going to UN conferences…. geez louise! But there are also people who are older than me, and can serve as someone to learn from, so it’s good to have this spectrum… Lots of thoughts, and I haven’t had time to digest all the information properly yet.
lots of really cool people there… it’s funny, because there’s a few from wisconsin, and one actually from right around blue earth, minnesota, and some from the mississippi… so it was cool actually knowing where these kids were coming from, because of my road trip, and all the places I drove past during that time.
I’ve been finding that being surrounded by such positive energy regarding the “food movement” is really inspiring, and really makes me see how something along these lines could provide some sort of livelihood, which is really cool!
Tommorow, all the youth delegates are going to Strathcona Community Garden, and EYA’s gonna put them to work.. haha. naw, we’re just going to let them know what the garden is all about, and share a little bit of my past 6 months with them… 
but i think i hear rain outside… ahhhh… well, i’ll keep my fingers crossed!!