The difference between a Garden and a Yarden is that a garden can have just flowers and plants, but a Yarden has
food, fruits, veggies, grains, nuts, if it's edible plant, it's Yarden material!
The term also represents the movement away from
GMO and pesticides and back to organic non-GMO local
food sources. It's a symbol, a statement, and edible action! It's a
fun people's movement bringing communities closer together by showing solidarity, celebration, beauty, and the encouragement sharing, reciprocity, and gift circles.
When a community member with a Yarden has more harvest of a particular
food than they can eat, they share with others in the neighborhood. In turn, when it's harvest time for another particular
food, others in the community share their harvest in return. Yarden Share Circles, if you
will.
Such YSC's bring community members out side and face to
face in a wonderful way. They can also help to establish or strengthen the use of local online communities, which ironically can help guide
people away from overuse of Internet technology and instead outside meeting with neighbors. For example, when a Yardener has a crop harvest coming up and they have more
food than they can eat, they can post on their local Yarden FB group
If your town has Yarden signs, you can even create Yarnen tour paths and post the maps online.
Yardens = <3 !
