b'are part of the same endeavor. The new food movements (accompanied by a flurry of books and initiatives)ranging from the promotion of urban agriculture to the preservation of farmland, from the first ladys vegetable garden at the White House to the returning interest of native species in ornamental gardenscan be placed in the context of the founding fathers legacy. 23As the young nation grew, exploiting the abundance of land, the labor of slaves, and, later, industrialization powered by oil, agriculture orphaned local produce in favor of commodity cash crops and global markets. The vision of democracy based on the virtues of a population of small-holders was overtaken by the imperatives of plantation capitalism. 24Flash forward to children who think food comes from a supermarket and parents who think the money in their retirement accounts comes from. . . comes from. . .no, we dont tend to think about where it comes from.We would do well to consider the words of Tom Stearns, founder of High Mowing Organic Seeds:Of course were confused. Everyone left the farm, moved to the city, and now were all tweeting and playing video games. 2523 Excerpts from the Prologue of Founding Gardeners, by Andrea Wulf (Knopf, 2011)24 During his eulogy for John Lewis, Rev. James Lawson Jr. implored us not to drink the poison of plantation capi-talism.25 In conversation. Tom and High Mowing Organic Seeds are featured in Ben Hewitts The Town That Food Saved, which chronicles the work of entrepreneurs, farmers and activists in Hardwick, Vermont, considered by many an epicenter of the local food movement. 44'