“The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.” – Michael Pollan
Photo by Faey Szeuw
The onset of the Industrial Revolution brought with it a forceful mindset, one beset with the notion that we can bend nature to our will. For over two centuries now, we have progressed in this mindset to the point where we have little concept of a world outside of industry. Yet we are fortunate that the Agricultural Revolution is coming around again. Not in the way that it did the first time, but in a much more localized manner whereby people are yearning for that connection with the natural world once again.
Be it the rise in popularity of farmers’ markets or the rebirth of the backyard garden, we are once again realizing how beautifully nature can provide for us when we work with it instead of against it. Although a garden has the order needed for us to be organized, it also teaches the simplicity of work, rest, and growth. Whether you buy your fruits and vegetables from a local farmer or grow your own, take time to appreciate the gifts nature has for us and start to imagine all of the other ways we can learn to live in accord with it.
Steve McAllister
In addition to serving as Managing Editor and contributor to Modern Hippie Mag, Steve McAllister is an actor, musician, accomplished author and filmmaker. His most recent novel, The McAllister Code is available as an e-book at www.themcallistercode.com. Find Steve on Twitter, @InkenSoul. Read his reviews and articles here.
Steve McAllister, Modern Hippie Mag's resident Lifestyle Guru, describes himself as a Renaissance Man. An author, filmmaker, songwriter, and perpetual artistic experimenter, he has recently re-released his second book The Rucksack Letters into paperback to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the journey. His latest book, a comical foray into philosophical science fiction, is How to Survive an Estralarian Mind Meld. His latest artistic project is The Labyrinth of the Unbroken Path. .
