The Project
At its most basic, the idea is this: to run a garden and kitchen out of a biofuels vehicle and travel around America, feeding folks.We want to give, to share, to feed, but we want to take, too: stories, hopes and fears, gifts. We want to form relationships and assume obligations to people. We want to travel, to feed and nourish-- in a vehicle run on waste vegetable oil, equipped with a kitchen and outfitted with a small garden on the roof. With bus-cooked food as a starting point for conversation, we want to find out what nourishes people, today, in this country: what does nourishment mean to you?
We want to share more than a meal; we want to share nourishment and knowledge about food and life. The American food culture is shockingly under-nourishing, but it only requires a bit of knowledge to grow and create one's own healthy food: sourdough, yogurt, sprouts, and tea can be made anywhere. A garden can be grown from cracks in the city sidewalk. A relationship is similarly cultivated.
The Belief
Art as nourishment to be shared; food as the center of community; community as the root for great change.The
Vehicle
We roam in a sturdy 14
passenger bus named Sidney, who faithfully serves as our home, garden,
kitchen,
work/artspace and education center. We have given careful thought
to her design, at the same time letting her spring into being through
the many hands and minds of friends and supporters. You may find
documentation of the bus design under our "Bus" page.The
Adventurers
We believe
that
relationships and community are where we begin
to
change the world.We love the rain.
Our favorite poet is e.e. cummings.
In some ways, we're an unlikely pair.
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• emily corazon nelson
a product of the fine American South and an art student at the University of Virginia, emily seeks to push the boundaries of how art can engage in society. she loves hiking, bluegrass music, barefootedness, babies, biking, and cooking. she is the matriarch of the art student society, teaches an art class for charlottesville kids, and wishes she had time to read more poetry.
• graham evans
graham recently graduated from UVa to pursue community building, art and entrepreneurship. He first grew accustomed to the road as a naïve lad of 18 with aspirations for a traveling sketch comedy show that once might have been found at avancalledbecky.com. Dedicated to building community for the healing of the world, he believes in the power of story, lightheartedness and deep work in service together. He loves street art, biking at night and the feel of good dirt.
