A Zen Story

In a Zen story from perhaps the 7th Century in China, the disciple asks his teacher, “How do I attain liberation?” His teacher replies, “Who is binding you?”

Two Red Doors

The motto of Free Food is “liberate everything.” How beautiful it was that we found ourselves inside the heart of another community that does just that.

The Earth Program: Water Video

What you’ll see in our Water video are highlights of conversations from the Water Summit on The Land with eco restoration expert John Liu, soil conservationist Ray Archuleta, and permaculturist Brock Dolman.

A Free Soul

I was first introduced to the Art of the Soulmaking project by my mom, Tami Jade, who is an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility at Chowchilla Prison.

Any Chance Meeting

In every gathering, in any chance meeting on the street, there is a shine, an elegance rising up. Today I recognized that that jewel-like beauty is the presence

Getting Somewhere

“What are we doing here?” I’ve often wondered. How will I ever get somewhere? Getting somewhere has quite an allure to it.

Free Food Philo: A Coming Home

When the pandemic hit San Francisco in March 2020, we closed our restaurant doors. In the uncertainty of the world, we felt lost and we wondered how we would find our way back to the surface.

SoulStretch Movement Class at CCWF

The first two groups set their mats down when they arrived in the room and my third group, a combination of women 65+, some in wheelchairs and some with their yoga mats, formed a semi-circle for class.

The Land is Our Inheritance

Bare feet. Fruit falling and some still hanging. This apple tree feels like I’m in Eden. The tree of life without the serpent. I think about how it was innate for my ancestors to come to the trees, to know the time for planting them, for eating from them.