Nick Routledge@nick_routledge

I learn today that a pal visiting a city recently ran across an anarchist kid on the street and picked up a patch copy of a digital design I made for the Food Not Lawns website, 25 years ago. Gotta admit to a soft spot for a long view that escapes the feed and becomes embodied.

Cloth patch of image of a 'Food Not Bombs hand' clutching a carrot against the backdrop of a revolutionary star, with surrounding text reading:
Food Not Lawns
Carrotistas
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Cloth patch of image of a 'Food Not Bombs hand' clutching a carrot against the backdrop of a revolutionary star, with surrounding text reading: Food Not Lawns Carrotistas

The original digital image. Photoshop, 2001.
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The original digital image. Photoshop, 2001.

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 21 Mar 2025

@NoemaMag @olliemilman Lawn conversion has a storied history. 25 years ago, at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, 'the grass seed capital of the world', we established the 'Food Not Lawns' project. Here's how our pioneering experiment in deeper eco-cultural coherence worked out

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