As individuals, we have yearned and searched far and wide for freedom, purpose, and belonging our whole lives.  

                                              

Quinn founded the Garden of Eden 7 years ago, and it is the closest thing to that ideal that any of us have ever experienced. Instead of waking up to an alarm, putting on a uniform, leaving our children to go to the office, spending time around people we politely tolerate because it's appropriate, and working a job just to get a paycheck, we create our own roles in this community that embody our values. What we want to do is build the new paradigm, so we devote our priceless hours and precious manpower towards that 7 days a week.

                                              

Building the new paradigm looks different for each one of us, and one of the most amazing things about the GoE is that every individual finds a place where their personal interests align with service to the greater purpose. Each person’s day is structured differently based on their unique passions and talents. Even though we take different paths to get there, together we achieve our collective goal of creating a healthier and more sustainable world for ALL.  

                                        

We LOVE freedom, so some of us are devoted to studying the law, defending our rights, and empowering others access to such freedom!

                                                                     

We operate a non-commercial enterprise to exchange resources; some of us invest time maintaining our boutique, website, and online realities. (We've achieved having an abundance of more than enough of everything we need while living true to our ideals and we'll share more on the success of our unique economy in another post.)

                                                               

We love sustainable building, so some of us salvage “trash” resources to construct and repair shelter for our people and animals. (We’ll cover our Teeny Tiny home village in an upcoming post!)

                                

We love gardening, so some of us maintain a football field-sized plot and numerous raised beds, and gather the wildcrafted plants that ring the property for food and medicine.  

                       

We love high-vibe cuisine, so some of us spend time in the outdoor kitchen preparing dank feasts for ourselves and extended community.

                                    

We’ll unfold the profound implications of everything that happens here on a daily basis in upcoming posts. 

This is just an overview of our unique and sustainable life, and we're really excited to share an in-depth look at these various facets of our life with this cutting-edge Steemit community!

We're going to leave you with a little taste of our high vibe cuisine, and in upcoming posts we'll go into detail of the extraordinary New Paradigm aspects of one of our (and humanity's!) most important realities, FOOD! 

            

Here’s a gallery of a few of our über dank, high vibe, mouthgasmic creations:
            

                                                

                                creamy avocado toasts with beet relish and goat cheese

                                                 

                                                          fresh, wholesome garden soup          

        

                                         a gorgeous salad boat big enough for sharing! 

                                                             

                             fresh blackberries, broccoli & basil salad with sunflowers

                                                 

                                          dense molases bread with sweet cream & berries

                                                      

sweet potato rounds with salty, crumbly cheese, sweet dried cranberries, and almonds

                                                       

                                              gooey, melty caprese panini with tomato & basil

                                                         

                                              peach & berry smoothie bowl with all the fixings!

                                                         

                                                                            yummy raw nut paté

                                                          

                                                           fruited chocolate mint bread pudding                                                                                                                                         

                        

                                                            Stay tuned!

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