Shmita Plot!

What is it?

The Shmita Plot Project is an invitation for modern land stewards to engage in the most visionary piece of Jewish agricultural wisdom.

We are feeling into what it means to let a piece of our land lie fallow and be released into the commons. What does it look like to relinquish control over our land for an extended period of time? What will it do? What will it produce? How will the soil heal? How will I heal?

Participants will designate a piece of land to release into shmita for the duration of 5782 (Rosh Hashanah 2021 to Rosh Hashanah 2022). This piece of land can be as small as a garden bed or as large as your whole farm. The designated shmita plot will not be tilled, weeded, mowed or otherwise messed with for the whole year and any food that pops up should be made…