{"id":15737,"date":"2023-11-15T10:10:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=15737"},"modified":"2023-11-16T08:42:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T13:42:00","slug":"resilient-food-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/resilient-food-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College welcomes \u2018SeedEO\u2019 to talk resilient food communities and collective environmentalism"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”15744″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”skip-lazy-load” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]Melissa DeSa, co-founder of the nonprofit Working Food, credits Seminole pumpkins for her career trajectory. Photo by David Himmelfarb, instructor of environmental studies<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

When Working Food\u2019s co-founder Melissa DeSa was growing her first Seminole pumpkins\u2014a variety originally grown and cultivated by the Calusa, Creek and Miccosukee peoples\u2014she realized only one company supplied the seeds.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text]DeSa told the story during her Nov. 8 visit to Eckerd College to teach students about her work building resilient food communities in North Central Florida and working within the nonprofit field.<\/p>\n

She began to worry about how she would grow this vibrant vegetable without the ability to purchase more seeds. DeSa soon realized, though, that she had been throwing away her most sustainable resource: the pumpkin seeds. \u201cWe can save our own seeds,\u201d she said, \u201cand we don\u2019t really have to depend on other people to save them for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeSa is the seed program director, or \u201cSeed EO,\u201d of Working Food<\/a>, an organization cultivating and facilitating the growth of local food systems through \u201ccollaboration, economic opportunity, education and seed stewardship.\u201d She has over a decade of experience in nonprofit management, community organizing and youth development programs.<\/p>\n

Working Food uses three main areas of programming: seed, youth and kitchen. Its growing staff collect seeds, creating a seed bank for agricultural use and education. They also host youth education programs in their garden, teaching children about concepts such as pollination, ecology and environmental protection. Finally, they run a local kitchen, where small businesses can rent out space in their walk-in fridge and use kitchen equipment. DeSa emphasized, however, the importance of their work in the community, saying, \u201cEducation and outreach is really the most important work we do \u2026 It\u2019s about the people and the connections. The \u2018culture\u2019 part in agriculture is people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before DeSa co-founded Working Food, she worked as a biologist for Florida Organic Growers, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and the University of Florida Horticulture Department.<\/p>\n

The Seminole pumpkin is a native Florida plant that has flourished here for centuries. It is a cultivated variety similar to squash or other varieties of pumpkin and is one of the tastiest, heartiest and most reliable vegetables grown in all of Florida.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”lg_text” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text]She questioned, \u201cWhat does it mean when white people like me are holding these seeds today,\u201d considering whether it was right to preserve these varieties of plants whose original cultivators were systematically oppressed.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text]DeSa became fascinated with the interconnectedness of community, ecology, agriculture and food systems, asking questions like, \u201cHow do you actually have a long-lasting impact in our community?\u201d and \u201cWhat are we doing with the people in our community to help our local food systems?\u201d It was from these questions that Working Food was born.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gainesville-based nonprofit has since grown, partnering with many local businesses and other organizations concerned with community-building and environmentalism. This collaboration, DeSa said, has been essential to Working Food\u2019s growth, bringing to mind the proverb \u201cIf you want to go fast, you should go alone. If you want to go far, you should go together.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeSa concluded her talk with an emphasis on collectivism and community, explaining that her journey developing Working Food has also been a journey of self-discovery. \u201cI\u2019ve seen that people are the solution,\u201d she said and ended with a quote from Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of the book Braiding Sweetgrass<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018If one tree fruits, they all fruit\u2014there are no soloists. Not one tree in a grove, but the whole grove; not one grove in the forest, but every grove; all across the county and all across the state,\u2019\u201d DeSa conveyed. \u201c\u2018The trees act not as individuals, but somehow as a collective. Exactly how they do this, we don\u2019t yet know. But what we see is the power of unity. What happens to one happens to us all. We can starve together or feast together. All flourishing is mutual.\u2019\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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