A Local Food Buyers Cooperative

Metaphor of the Squash Patch

Beautiful Squash Blossoms, let’s go for a walk there’s something I want you to see.

Come with me down this path. It twists and turns past tall trees and fields of wildflowers, yellows and purple abound. Up ahead we see a split rail fence overgrown with vines.

 As we approach we see there, a familiar vine, squash. We pass through the threshold stone and are in the Squash Patch. What a lovely spot. The vines and their companions, corn and beans are everywhere. The huge yellow squash blossoms are open to the morning Sun. We come to the center of the garden and see the biggest plant covered

with ripening fruit and blossoms. Worker bees buzz about busy going from flower to

 flower, doing their work of combining the male and female essence to produce new life.

 We feel a peace and contentment. We feel Love. The Spark of Creation is strong here

in the Squash Patch. This is how it should be. A community in balance, filled with beauty, harmony and love.