A day at Southside Community Land Trust in Rhode Island was an inspiring place worth seeing. It reminded me a lot of The Food Project, but it had its differences. If I had could think of one word to describe it all, it would be creative. In their farm you see bathtubs, shoes, and bins that are decorated but have herbs grown inside. They would find these items in trash and use them as another useful growing method to grow more vegetables. Well as they say “a man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

But what was even greater about it was that the children that come visit loved the creativity as much as we did. The whole farm is also decorated with nice little quotes everywhere that remind them that what they’re doing is amazing and beautiful. I couldn’t help but to notice the quote by Henry Davis Thoreau, which was important for me because I attended the elementary school named after him. I enjoyed watching the chickens, the children garden, the flowers, and the vegetables. The also had a beehive, but I wasn’t that excited to see that! But besides that I had fun. They have a website with pictures of the farm that I saw before I left, but I realized that it is better off seeing it for yourself! I would like to thank Richard Pederson, the city farm manager, for inviting us! You have made us put more creativity in our Farmer’s Market.