Every single day, more squash is ready to pick. If I'm not out there harvesting every 24 hours, a zucchini protests by ballooning to the size of a football. Two rows produce two full crates every morning without fail.

I never knew what food abundance felt like until this farm project. Most of my NYC and tech career was driven by scarcity. Scarcity of space and money in the city, scarcity of time, people, and compute at work.

On the farm, it’s the exact opposite. Just 10 zucchini plants create crates and crates and crates of food. And I haven’t even experienced the tomatoes yet. As I've already said to most of the people I've talked to about this experience, growing food is the most transformative thing I've done in a long time. Here are a few more things I’ve learned 3.5 months into my farm pilot:

• 🧑‍🌾 Growing food creates food abundance and food abundance creates community. Every time I drive down to the city with a car full of vegetables, I reach out to people I haven't seen in a while to load them up. People stop by the farm most weeks to lend a hand and take home fresh food. When you have something to offer to your community, your community reciprocates.
• 🏥 Farmers need healthcare.
• 🔬 Lab tests to know your soil, water, and the nutrients in the food you grow are expensive. Farming overall, especially organically, is expensive. Precision agriculture can help reduce costs, but we need better open-source tools.
• 🌱 Growing my own food is making me a more whole person. Every day it forces me to appreciate the interconnectedness of life. A good meal becomes something spiritual because I know who grew it and how much care went into every step.