Anti-fascist plant sale fundraiser in Baton Rouge this weekend (real anti-fascism in action)...

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http://yeswecannibal.org/

"Yes We Cannibal is an anti-profit counter-institution that offers an open home for unrestricted and non-hierarchical cultural experimentation in the areas of art, music, food, social research and performance.

Yes We Cannibal enables collaborative experiments in new ways of anti-fascist living with free and low-cost programming in-person and online. Anyone is welcome to propose or lead a class, workshop or event."

"Plants will not be sold but will be exchanged for fixed donations to Yes We Cannibal. We have grown heirloom tomatoes and hot peppers for summer gardens as well as a series of more novel plants, selected to symbolize our founding spirit of experiment and possibility. Some of the more unusual plants on offer include Mimosa pudica aka Sensitive Plants which respond to touch, Codariocalyx motorius, aka Telegraph Plants, capable of rapid movement, Nicotiana tabacum from which smoking tobacco is produced but is also sacred to numerous Indigenous peoples, Acmella oleracea aka Toothache Plants or Electric Daisies which release a mild non-toxic anaesthetic when chewed, Echinacea purpurea aka Purple Coneflowers used in herbal medicine, as well as several other specimens."

"While first preparing plants for this event, founders Mat Keel and Liz Lessner were devastated to discover that several hundred tomato seedlings had been stolen from our back lot. But soon heartbreak gave way to inspiration and the founders realized that this little act of theft reflected the very same sort of disconnection between strangers that Yes We Cannibal most wants to challenge. 'I would like nothing more than for those people to come by and meet us sometime - to see what worlds we can build together,' said Keel."