Soul-2-soil: back to life and reality at Camp Freedman
cynthiah@lakevillejournal.com
Janna Siller, director of the farm at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Falls Village, stands in a field of cabbage. Photo by Cynthia Hochswender.
Food nourishes our bodies of course but it also nourishes our souls and spirit.
That’s part of the reason the farm-to-table movement has been so powerful in modern America: For young people who’ve grown up in a world that’s increasingly fragmented and existential, the farm movement offers a chance to connect deeply and meaningfully with the world around them, with the soil beneath their feet and with their own bodies and souls.