Support Local
welcome
This series is a place where stories, ideas, and experiments from the land come together to spark something bigger—community. While I’ll be highlighting folks here in my local area, my real hope is that what you read here encourages you to invest in your own place, too.
Supporting local doesn’t mean just buying local—though that’s a good start. It’s about paying attention. It’s about noticing who’s growing food, who’s fixing things, who’s showing up even when it’s hard. It’s about building real relationships with the people and land around you and understanding how deeply those things shape our lives.
There’s no one-size-fits-all answer here. What works for one community might not work for another. But the principle stays the same: if we want strong, resilient places to live, we’ve got to build them ourselves, from the ground up—together.
Whether you’re here to learn, share, or just see what’s possible, you’re welcome.
Let’s get to it.
Rebuilding Local Food Systems
Long before industrial agriculture, communities fed themselves through networks of small farms, co-ops, and time-tested preservation methods. As modern food systems face rising costs and instability, we’re turning back to those roots—blending old-world knowledge with modern tools to build resilient, local food networks. This blog explores what worked in the past, what we can learn, and how to move forward—together.
Decentralized Farming:
Industrial agriculture promised efficiency—but delivered fragile supply chains, degraded soils, and corporate dependency. Decentralized farming offers a better way forward. By empowering small-scale, regenerative farms and strengthening local food systems, we can build a more resilient, self-sufficient future for our food security and our communities.