For traditional peoples, farming is a way of life. We protect and promote traditional agricultural knowledge through the practice of agroecology and through seed saving.
Less rainfall leads to crop failure, food insecurity and migration. Soil conservation, crop diversification and reforestation help restore water and mitigate the impacts of climate change on agriculture.
Our holistic approach to health and well-being includes food-based nutrition and traditional medicine. All of our work is grounded in the spiritual practices of the people we support.
Learning is a lifelong endeavor and The Garden’s Edge is a Learning Community. We create educational opportunities with all our partners to grow as individuals and as leaders.
Our values…
Intergenerationality
We value ancestral knowledge and practices passed down from previous generations that teach us how to live in right-relationship with the natural world and with each other. Like the succession of a forest, The Garden’s Edge provides leadership and educational opportunities to future generations.
Collaboration
We value the strength that comes from our collaborative approach. Our work reflects the unique perspectives of the many to create a more inclusive, more resilient movement for food sovereignty.
Transformation
Our work is transformative at the personal and collective level. We are a reflective organization that strives to be in right-relationship with ourselves, our partners, our ancestors, and with Mother Nature. At The Garden’s Edge, everyone is a leader, engaged in a life-long process of learning and growing.
Social and Ecological Justice
We value the fair and kind treatment of all life. Our work honors and supports the struggle to protect human rights and the rights of Mother Nature. We acknowledge the devastating impacts of colonization and genocide on indigenous peoples. Together we plant the seeds of justice.
Interdependence
We believe in the interdependence of personal health, community health, and ecological health. At The Garden’s Edge, people young and old, connected across cultures and across borders work together in harmony with the natural world to create more resilient, healthy communities.
Curiosity
At The Garden’s Edge, we approach our work with curiosity. This reminds us that we all play a unique and important role in creating the whole. We learn, and then teach one another. More than answers we seek with curiosity, the generative questions that help us grow.
Wholeness
We support the social, physical, cultural, and spiritual well-being of our staff, our partners, and our communities.
Creativity
We value the process of bringing a vision, inspiration, design, or dream from the realm of the imagination into the everyday physical and social world.
Inter- generationality
We value ancestral knowledge and practices passed down from previous generations that teach us how to live in right-relationship with the natural world and with each other. Like the succession of a forest, The Garden’s Edge provides leadership and educational opportunities to future generations.
Collaboration
We value the strength that comes from our collaborative approach. Our work reflects the unique perspectives of the many to create a more inclusive, more resilient movement for food sovereignty.
Transformation
Our work is transformative at the personal and collective level. We are a reflective organization that strives to be in right-relationship with ourselves, our partners, our ancestors, and with Mother Nature. At The Garden’s Edge, everyone is a leader, engaged in a life-long process of learning and growing.
Social and Ecological Justice
We value the fair and kind treatment of all life. Our work honors and supports the struggle to protect human rights and the rights of Mother Nature. We acknowledge the devastating impacts of colonization and genocide on indigenous peoples. Together we plant the seeds of justice.
Interdependence
We believe in the interdependence of personal health, community health, and ecological health. At The Garden’s Edge, people young and old, connected across cultures and across borders work together in harmony with the natural world to create more resilient, healthy communities.
Curiosity
At The Garden’s Edge, we approach our work with curiosity. This reminds us that we all play a unique and important role in creating the whole. We learn, and then teach one another. More than answers we seek with curiosity, the generative questions that help us grow.
Wholeness
We support the social, physical, cultural, and spiritual well-being of our staff, our partners, and our communities.
Creativity
We value the process of bringing a vision, inspiration, design, or dream from the realm of the imagination into the everyday physical and social world.
