Robin Greenfield: Is It Possible to Grow and Forage 100% of My Food? I Decided to Find Out
Channel: Robin Greenfield
Date: 2020-01-07

For one year I grew and foraged 100% of my food.
Every. Single. Bite.
No grocery stores, no restaurants, not even a drink at a bar.
Nature was my garden, my pantry and my pharmacy.

This is my presentation of the year, given at Orlando Permaculture in Orlando, Florida on 11/12/19. This presentation shares the story of my experience but more importantly was designed to lay the framework for anyone in Central Florida who wants to step away from industrial agriculture and live within a fully localized food system. For a detailed resource guide to accompany this presentation go to: http://robingreenfield.org/grow/

The Food Freedom book is out and it is a gift to you! Order here: https://www.robingreenfield.org/book

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I lived in the city of Orlando, Florida in a 100 square foot tiny house.
With no land of my own I turned front yards into gardens and shared the bounty of food with the homeowners. 
Over the year I grew over 100 different foods in my gardens, foraged over 200 foods from nature and I even grew and foraged my own medicine and vitamins too.

This project wasn’t just about growing and foraging all of my food though. It was about empowering others to take back power from Big Ag. I built gardens 15 Gardens for the People, planted over 200 Community Fruit Trees, sent out over 5,000 seed packs to help people grow their own organic, healthy food and I taught free gardening classes to the people in my community. 

I’ve been exploring food for nearly a decade and I believe the globalized, industrialized food system is broken . This was a personal quest to see whether I could step away from Big Ag and grow and forage every bite of my own food.
Here I am, one year later. I did it and I feel healthier and happier today than when I started.
I'm here to share solutions for a more sustainable and just food system with you.

Learn more about the project: http://robingreenfield.org/foodfreedom/

The guidelines behind this project: http://robingreenfield.org/foodfreedomru...

The purpose of this project: http://robingreenfield.org/foodfreedomwhy/

List of all 300 foods that I ate: http://robingreenfield.org/foodfreedomfo...

Log of what I ate each day: http://robingreenfield.org/foodfreedomme...

Photos of my meals and foods: http://robingreenfield.org/foodfreedomph...

Filmed by IDEAS For Us: https://ideasforus.org/
and Eliot Kersgaard: https://eliotkersgaard.wordpress.com/

Robin Greenfield is a truth-seeker, activist, social reformer and servant to Earth, humanity and our plant and animal relatives. He lives simply and sustainably to be the change he wishes to see in the world. Through living closely connected to Earth, he rejects the status quo of consumerism and demonstrates a way of being in gratitude, mindfulness and presence. His life is an experiment with truth and integrity.

Robin’s public activism involves dramatic actions designed to provoke critical thought, self-reflection and positive change. His activism creates nuanced conversations on the critical issues of our time, with a focus on solutions for living in harmony. 
His life’s work has been covered by media worldwide and he has been named “The Robin Hood of Modern Times” by France 2 TV and “The Forrest Gump of Ecology”. 

Robin has committed to earning below the federal poverty threshold for life and donates 100% of his media earnings to grassroots nonprofits, with a focus on supporting Black and Indigenous women-led organizations.

This channel is a resource for all who seek to liberate themselves, to live in truth and integrity, and to live in harmony with Earth, humanity and the plants and animals we share this home with.

Robin Greenfield and Dear Friends share means of achieving liberation and harmony through sustainable living, simple living, tiny house living, foraging, growing food and medicine, minimalism, zero waste, earth-skills, food sovereignty, community resilience, compassionate communication, activism, Black Liberation, Indigenous Sovereignty and living in service.

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