New to the site? Welcome!
HOMEGROWN.ORG is an online community of people interested in all things HOMEGROWN: growing, cooking, crafting, brewing, preserving, building, making and creating. HOMEGROWN.org is a place where we can learn from each other, share our questions, and show off how we dig in the dirt, grow our own food, work with our hands, and cook and share our meals – all things that we call HOMEGROWN.
What to Do:
- Do Start Discussions: Got a question? Find an interesting book, web site or article? Got a recipe to share? Start a discussion in the general forum or in a more specific group.
- Do Join Groups: You can join mini-communities on HOMEGROWN.org and will stay abreast of discussions going on. You can opt-in or out of email notification through your email settings (underneath your inbox in the upper right side of any page).
- Do Link To Your Own Blog: We want to connect with you and we want you to connect with people! There are two ways of posting your content on HOMEGROWN.org:
- Member blogs: Simply copy and paste relevant blog posts to the Member Blogs section. In order to maintain your links, use the html version of your copy. You may also edit and add links using the toolbar at the top of the page
- RSS on My Page: Locate the RSS icon
on Your Profile Page, Click and enter the url for your blog’s home page. Sad note: the platform that this site is built on does not play nice with all blogging tools (ie: sometimes Blogger – duh!).
- Do start a member blog: Member blogs are a fantastic way to start keeping an online diary of your HOMEGROWN adventures. Show off!!
- Do Post Photos and Videos: Pictures say a thousand words, and people can leave comments on them, too. Videos are the best way that we can teach and learn. Posting tutorials, interviews and movie trailers are all terrific ways to engage people in the issues that are important to you.
- Do Sign up for our mailing list!
- Do Keep It Civil: We’re not ready to be mothers, so please be respectful of each other so we don’t need to break anything up. Our members come from diverse areas and backgrounds, but all are unified by their interest in the subjects we discuss here. To that end, please be kind and respectful when you are interacting with others on the website. See the HOMEGROWN.ORG Terms of Service for more details.
What Not to Do:
- Don’t Solicit for Products and Services: We want to know what kind of business you are in and there is plenty of opportunity to promote your work on your profile page. However, posting pitches and blatant plugs for specific products and services is considered SPAM and will not be tolerated. You may not use Private Messages or Chat to advertise unless members specifically request information.
Solicitations considered no-nos include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Products or services you are selling
• Work-at-home businesses or opportunities - Don’t Post Inappropriate Comments:
We will not tolerate the posting of anything vulgar, hateful, violent, racist, or otherwise obnoxious or illegal. These miscreants are pretty easy to spot, so let Cornelia the HOMEGROWN Shepherdess know if you have concerns and she’ll investigate the matter.
We have crafted these guidelines to ensure that everyone within the community has the experience they want. And remember…if you ever have any questions or comments about the site, we’d love to hear from you. Please feel free to contact Cornelia the HOMEGROWN Shepherdess with comments/suggestions. Thank you for your support and welcome!
This web site celebrates all of us who pioneer a HOMEGROWN way to live, eat, grow, and express ourselves. We connect to the land and to each other.
HOMEGROWN.org is a place where we can learn from each other, share our questions, and show off how we dig in the dirt, grow our own food, work with our hands, and cook and share our meals – all things that we call HOMEGROWN.
Did you cook a kick ass meal with stuff from the farmers market?
Is there a mysterious veggie in your CSA box?
What is the soundtrack for your potluck dinner?
Are you thinking about growing okra?
What’s in your fridge right now?
Do you have a DIY tip to share?
Farm Aid founded HOMEGROWN.org with the mission to create a place where our love for food and the land evolves, deepens, and becomes something more fulfilling. A place where we can hear and appreciate the bigger stories that our food has to share – and connect to the source of our food: the land and the grower: The family farm. Where we see the connections between good soil, good farmers, good taste, and good times. Where the source of our food doesn’t feel like a stranger, but a fun and friendly neighbor.
That’s the spirit of HOMEGROWN.org. A spirit that will mean more visits to the farmers markets, more backyard BBQs, more dirt under nails…more talking, touching, smelling, tasting. It will mean a more fulfilling life that people everywhere will come to call HOMEGROWN
