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SO in line with our recent work… check out this article I found on sustainablog called… will work for food (security   and stay tuned for SOLAR updates.

tap water is cool…

SustainaBlog

Building “WE”

Dear U n I verse –

Its been rough times to vision a way to utilize a monetary economy for solar. Many times I have asked myself if its worth it to keep pushin’ forward on a project that seems to be challenged by the status quo in various ways. We’ve been unsuccessful in our efforts to secure funding by traditional avenues, which is frustrating but telling, because it speaks to our mission challenging the norm.

I try to listen to you universe and receive messages from daily that we do this work to leave a legacy of longevity, sustainability and good health in body, mind, soul and business practices for our children and their children and I think we all know this... and the thing that has been standing out in the message as of late is “we”, not me.

How do we create a “business model” for “we”. Well simply put, we invite “we” to create it and sustain this project we call SOLAR.

We think a good lesson to take home from this “economic crisis” is that it reminds us that there is always a solution in collective effort for local economy. The answers seem so simple and also so untapped. We want for our community to flourish and so we should tend its gardens (metaphorically as well as physically).

We’ve been tryna hustle for Solar, and realized most recently that hustlin’ don’t work because what were doin isn’t a hustle. So the messages were receiving now from friends, family and cohorts in business is to present the idea to ALL to participate. We’d like to create a Fundraising Committee to spearhead the effort to get Solar’s doors open. Lets do this! Please contact Faatma @ 720-212-3026 to join the forces of SOLAR! (like voltron!)

this weeks OG’s

In our OGLunchBox this week is…….

banana – I could very easily post a banana bread recipe here but lets switch it up for a minute and make french toast wit dem nana’s

black grapes – most of us eat the grapes before we get them home, or while we are mulling over what to prepare for dinner…which is just fine, but just so you know they are also a fine addition to any salad… like this one

raspberries – I put raspberries in my salads too… but there are other fab creations like this cake because anyone who knows me knows I have an affection (not infection…. or maybe that depends on who’s watchin) for coffee….mmmmmmm

cauliflower – I love curried cauliflower, and raw mashed cauliflower… here are a few recipes for soups and stews and here are some raw lovelies for cauliflower

cucumber – I could eat these raw, pickled, stuffed, or juiced ( and you can too)… I found this recently and tried it and it was fun enough for the kids to be curious enuf to try… plus I also have a weakness for veganaise!

okra – all about Okra… don’t be scurr’d and theres a recipe for a bangin stew on this link too.

green bell pepper (choppers) – if you still have that corn from last week… lets stuff these green peppers wit’em.

butternut squash – last saturday at Local Motive, Sister Da’ron made these delectable pizza’s wit butternut squash on them… it was the first time I had had squash on pizza, (she’s got a cookbook comin out Y’all!) well it had me so hype I searched and found this, which isn’t her recipe but I’ma try it nonetheless

roma tomato – look people… fall is my favorite season… comfortably chilly, the best clothes, and we can start eating hot food (and if were raw we start eating hot spices!) anyway… here you go

OG LunchBox

Peace and Blessings to all your inners and outers in this wilderness we call north america. I wanna take this lil bit of space in the universe to build on the topic of cooperative digestables in the form of the OG LunchBox. This is a produce share that is brought to you by SOLAR while we are saving our pennies and building community ( as well as physically building out our space).

Going forward I’ll post blogs re: the OGLunchBox and its contents, post directions for tastiness (recipes) and by all means feel free to add on ( u 2 can submit recipes and leave comments)

below you will find the rules of the lunchbox… let me know if you wanna get down!

What Is The OG LunchBox?

… well let me tell you. This is a organic produce share started by the folks who brought you Karma Cafe and SOLAR Vegetarian Restaurant. We know its hard to buy organic in the city, and we know it could be easier, so in an efort to revitalize the bellies of our families and neighbors in the metropolis of Denva, CO., we’ve decided to start a co-op of sorts.

Anyone can join, who has a determined idea to create better health for self, family, community and world.

We post recipes for what will be included in your weekly box as well as storage tips and other lovelies for your urban gardens

We love your guts!!

Who Can Be Down

Anyone who wants to eat & support organic, locally grown food

What You Get

Fruits & Veggies from Local Farms, there are a few exceptions to the rule (bananas, avocados) when dealing with stuff that doesn’t grow in North America, but its all organic and we support our local farmers by buying an OG lunchbox. The Box varies from week to week and you can tell me what you like, and I will do my best to fill the boxes to your liking, but understand that it is near impossible to please everyone. With that in mind, we invite you to try new foods and will even help you out by giving up new recipes everyweek on the SolarLivity blog! http://solarlivity.wordpress.com We send out an email the Friday before the delivery with the contents of your box.

Sizes & Prices

$20Small Lunch Box – Assortment of organic locally grown fruits & veggies. Enuf to feed 1-2 people for the week (Of course you will have to supplement with grains & beans etc.)

$36 Large Lunch Box – Assortment of organic locally grown fruits & veggies. Enuf to feed up to 5 people for the week (Of course you will have to supplement with grains & beans etc.)

How You Pay

We take Cash, Check, & Credit (via Paypal – solarlivity@gmail.com) Payment is to be received for the Monday Box no later than Friday before 5pm.

Delivery

I do it within the very small circumference of space I am comfortable driving in and if you email me I’ll give you the particulars on that shtik… just know it’ll cost ya a couple bucks in gas at least until I get my car veg oil converted (any takers on that project are welcome)ser

Tags: cooperative, community, vegetable, vegetarian

greentastic

magnificent magnificence this past saturday at Local Motive!  just to preface we planned this event in a little over a weeks time so while it was a little out of order we were shown and returned so much love for the mission of sustainability in food, business, ecology and the green jobs initiative.

thanks a million times over to Fetien, Raw(b), and Daroni for bringing the vegan nourishment, to the mile high business alliance for partnering with us and letting the whole world know, the redirect guide, denver coop, pangea organics, transition denver for tabling and teaching!, akwe starnes for inspiring me to return to live food, Ona for breakin down backyard herbalism, malik for donating water, the alliance building for donating recycle bins, deejays sd & cavem for spinning me right round (baby right round like a record baby…j/k), mike word & ietef for the bboy/bgrrl class with the little people, jason bosch/argus fest for showing brilliant food justice films, environmental film fest for showing love support and showing a trailer to a film coming out soon!, magnet mafia for freaking magnets on the bus w/ the little people, slamnuba for doing a spoken workshop & stimulating neurons in my seeds 3rd, Ashara for being an organizer & Guerrilla marketer of magnificent proportions, Maurice for showin up EARLY and being a huge support, speech for translating energy into english for us, Mani for being the rock of the day, Art for talking about how grassroots activism can affect policy change ( NO on 46!), Celia for being the matrix guru and master wrangler of wild & young energy, Kinh for putting in LABOR for days, Lavell for easing us in to futuristic funk, gerald for donating pansies and sharing his vision, the shoppe for the gifts certificates (which we gave away with love), hysteria who donated a party (and added so much adult conversation!)… there are so many add ons… it was inpriring on so many levels, people reached out to me and added bricks to our community building… it was a beginning for what can be done in the face of stereotypes.  I love people (and their guts)

p.s. This friday were having a community forum to discuss amendment 46, 47 & 48 which are initiatives that are on the ballot in the coming weeks locally.  Faatma (yes me) is making food for this event for y’all to partake in while we have some serious discussion about language in local politics and it is the day before the last day to register to vote!  LOCAL MOTION… we hope to see you all there from 6-9pm friday oct3rd at SOLAR.

PEACE (and organic peas)

Faatma