You may wonder about the photo I've chosen as the banner to this site.  It's a photo from Freedom Farm in Otisville, NY, taken during a visit in 2011. 
I found out about Freedom Farm though a Mennonite member of the NYC Community of Communities who has become a friend of the house.  One of the reasons Ann and Edgar founded this farm was as an outgrowth of YMPJ, as a "Christian-based youth education organization striving for peace and justice by teaching alternatives to violence, sustainable agriculture, and helping youth discover God's transformative love for each of us and for one another."  Children from YMPJ and King of Glory Tabernacle church - both of which are in the Bronx - bring children up to the farm for retreats and summer camps.  They learn about faith, farming, and food justice.  So, in a sense, Freedom Farm encompasses much of what I want to share through this website: the healing and transformational power of faith; sustainable agriculture as a means to improve public health; and an opportunity for youth from the Bronx to gain positive life experiences.