My Little Free Seed Library Journey
I’d like to say that my journey to a little free seed library began because of my awareness of food systems’ inefficiencies, food insecurity, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ability of folks to acquire resources. After all, I teach a university course on food systems and social justice. But while that would be true, it also wouldn’t be the whole truth. The whole truth is that I’ve always wished to have a little free library, a place for folks to exchange books and ideas, to relax, and to build community. I’ve enjoyed and benefited from many little free libraries as a reader myself and as a mother seeking out books for my littles, especially during the pandemic.
As my family and I settled into our forever home in 2019, I was excited at the opportunity to create a free library in this new place. I even imagined a parklet outside my home where people could sit and rest while reading.
A couple of weeks after we moved in, I met my next-door neighbor, maybe for the second time, out on her lawn. With her husband, she was putting in
