A Beautiful Relationship

Hi!

My Name is Peter and I have been working at Lufa Farms since August 2012. I started as a harvester, arriving at 5 am every morning to pick all the wonder-full vegetables that you find in your baskets! Now I am the current Supervisor of the greenhouse and take on some plant maintenance tasks as well! 

Since my time at Lufa Farms I have noticed a big change in my over all well being and satisfaction in Life. Working so close to plants everyday brings me inspirations everyday, however I will share with you here some of the more important ones! 

As a harvester I remember being amazed at how much these plants give each and everyday. Some days we would have huge cucumber and tomato harvests, and I recall thinking in my head “there is NO way there will be enough to harvest tomorrow”. And yet I would arrive the next morning to see plants full of ripe fruits ready to be harvested and enjoyed by you! I am still amazed to this day at how hard these plants work to give such delicious and healthy food on a daily basis, and so I have made it a practice to express my gratitude to the plants for all their hard work. 

When I moved on to start doing more plant maintenance work, I was introduced to a whole new cycle of plant life, and a whole new set of inspirations! Every week we are training the plants, cutting their leaves, lowering them, making sure that all their needs are satisfied! In one sense it is a little like taking care of a child, but I also came to realize that these plants are also taking care of us. The more the plants grow, the more work the greenhouse team has, and this keeps the paychecks rolling and allows us to support ourselves! We help to guide the plants on how to live their lives and they help us to live the lives we wish to, how amazing! Again I have to give my gratitude to these wonder-full plants! 

On top of all these things was another realization. Although some days could be long and hard, some days start before the sun is up, some days can be repetitive and frustrating, and all days are filled with a dedicated and hard work on the part of the greenhouse team, that somewhere there is a quiet and beautiful relationship we have with the plants. At some level they too recognize all the hard work we put into to giving them Life, and in return they silently send us their Love and energy to keep on keeping on! 

Thank you!