Sharing Common Ground
Like a healthy ecosystem, we believe that everyone has something important and valuable to offer to our local and greater Earth community. We believe in bringing people with different backgrounds and strengths together to share common ground over food, learning and storytelling. We invite you to join us in celebrating nature's abundance and honoring our shared resilience and responsibility in the interconnection of everything.
News and Updates
British author Susan Cooper originally wrote her poem, The Shortest Day, as a performance poem that was part of The Cambridge Christmas Revels in the 1970's. It has endured the test of time, and in 2019 was published as a stand alone book with illustrations by award winning author-illustrator Carson Ellis.
The poem captures the beauty, wonder, and tradition of the winter solstice and Ellis' illustrations give this book a timeless quality. From depictions of ancient dance rituals to a modern day family gathered around their fireplace, the illustrations add a layer of depth to Cooper's classic poem...
As the name would imply, what began in the spring with the planting of seeds, has concluded in the fall with the eating of sauce. The inaugural year for LEC's Seed to Sauce Program wrapped up on November 4th as families from Jefferson Elementary gathered for a pasta dinner where the sauce included tomatoes that the students had started from seed back in May.
LEC Program Manager Cora Uyigue was on hand to talk a little about the Seed to Sauce program and to share wildflower seeds saved from local area prairies...
