Shaome Cooperative

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Shaome Cooperative We are a 501(c)3 Nonprofit.

The mission of Shaome (pronounced "show me") Cooperative is to help people in the State of Georgia grow food through planting "backyard" food forests and edible gardens.

What if one beautiful evening could help feed a community for generations?Picture this: A gorgeous autumn evening beneat...
10/09/2026

What if one beautiful evening could help feed a community for generations?

Picture this: A gorgeous autumn evening beneath the trees. Twinkling lights. Candlelit tables. Delicious food. Wonderful company. And a shared purpose that reaches far beyond the dinner table.

🍽️ An Evening in the Food Forest is coming to Macon, Georgia!

Join us Sunday, November 1, for a special Forest-to-Table fundraising dinner at the beautiful Pavilion in the Wesleyan Arboretum.

💚 And here's why this evening matters.

Every ticket helps Shaome Cooperative take another step toward establishing a Food Forest Classroom in Bibb County.

Imagine a living outdoor classroom where children, families, and neighbors can learn to grow their own food using sustainable methods that work WITH nature instead of against it.

A place where food production can increase over time while maintenance decreases.

A place where knowledge takes root, communities grow stronger, and food security becomes a reality.

That's what we're working to build. And we'd love for you to be part of it!

📅 Sunday, November 1, 2026
📍 Wesleyan Arboretum, Macon, GA
🛍️ Marketplace opens at 4:00 PM
🥂 Hors d'Oeuvres at 4:30 PM
🍽️ Dinner & Program, 5:30–7:30 PM

🎟️ Tickets are just $65 per person!
🌟 Only 60 seats available!

Reserve your seat today:
https://wesportal.wesleyancollege.edu/WCGA/PayCenter/concert.aspx

🌱 We don't just plant gardens. We plant food security.

Know someone who loves great food, beautiful outdoor experiences, or supporting meaningful local causes? Tag them below or share this invitation!

🌱 What is your land teaching you?After spending time observing your property, garden, school grounds, place of worship, ...
10/04/2026

🌱 What is your land teaching you?

After spending time observing your property, garden, school grounds, place of worship, or community space, take the next step:

Share what you noticed.

Post a photo and finish this sentence:

“My land is teaching me…”

Maybe you discovered that one area gets more afternoon sun than you realized.

Maybe you noticed where water naturally collects.

Maybe pollinators are already visiting plants you had overlooked.

Maybe the spot you thought was a problem is actually giving you useful information about the soil.

The more we observe, the more clearly we begin to see that the land is always communicating.

So today, show us what you’re seeing.

📸 Post a photo.
🌿 Share one observation.
💬 Finish the sentence:

My land is teaching me…

Three books. One vision: food security that starts where we live.The Food Security Blueprint explores the what and the w...
10/02/2026

Three books. One vision: food security that starts where we live.

The Food Security Blueprint explores the what and the why.

Food Forest Foundations gives you the how.

Commonwealth looks at what becomes possible when we begin growing food together. (The "who" and the "where".)

Whether you’re thinking about your backyard, your school, your organization, or your community, these three books were written to help turn the idea of food security into something practical, local, and achievable.

📚 Available now on Amazon.
Search Chelsea McClain to find all three.

And the "when"? Well, that's up to you! The land is ready...

Start a Seven-Day Land Observation JournalA single walk around your property can tell you something.Seven days can revea...
10/02/2026

Start a Seven-Day Land Observation Journal

A single walk around your property can tell you something.

Seven days can reveal patterns.

For the next week, spend just a few minutes each day observing the same piece of land and write down what you notice.

Pay attention to things like:

☀️ Sun and shade
💧 Where water moves or collects
🌬️ Wind patterns
🐝 Pollinators and insects
🐦 Birds and wildlife
🌱 Which plants are thriving
🍂 Changes in the soil

The key is to come back more than once.

The sunny spot you notice today may be shaded tomorrow afternoon. A dry area may become the place where water settles after rain. Wildlife may appear at certain times of day and disappear at others.

A Food Forest is a living system, and living systems change.

So grab a notebook, use the Notes app on your phone, or keep it simple with a scrap of paper.

At the end of seven days, you may understand your land very differently than you do today.

What would you pay attention to first?

🎙️ Today is International Podcast Day, and we’re celebrating the power of a good conversation.Shaome Cooperative may not...
09/30/2026

🎙️ Today is International Podcast Day, and we’re celebrating the power of a good conversation.

Shaome Cooperative may not have a podcast of our own (yet!), but we’ve been grateful for opportunities to sit behind the microphone and share a message we believe more people need to hear:

Food security is about more than feeding people today. It’s about building the knowledge, infrastructure, and productive landscapes that can help communities feed themselves for generations.

If you’d like to hear more about the vision behind Shaome, here are two conversations to add to your listening list:

🎧 A Call to Action Podcast with Alex Habersham
https://youtu.be/q1sDuIFbxuM?si=n_gPo0ohuILhIBeI

🎧 The Sunny Ray Show
https://youtu.be/CmAV1IqdGt8?si=hc9oV5jPcY_83tvM

We’re grateful to both of these hosts for giving us space to talk about Food Forests, education, community, and what it could look like to move from simply responding to hunger toward actually creating food security.

🌱 Every conversation plants a seed.

Happy International Podcast Day!

🌿 Take the 20-Minute Forest Observation ChallengeBefore you plant, prune, or redesign anything, spend 20 minutes doing s...
09/30/2026

🌿 Take the 20-Minute Forest Observation Challenge

Before you plant, prune, or redesign anything, spend 20 minutes doing something surprisingly powerful:

Nothing.

Just observe.

Notice where the sun falls. Watch where water moves. Look for insects, birds, and other visitors. See which plants are thriving and which ones are struggling.

When we’re excited about growing food, it’s tempting to start with plants. But good Food Forest design starts with understanding the land that will support them.

So here’s your challenge: Set a timer for 20 minutes and simply watch.

Then come back and tell us one thing you noticed that you hadn’t seen before. 👇

🌱 Observe first. Design second. Plant third.

One book asks us to imagine what could be different. The other helps us begin.The Food Security Blueprint is the why.Why...
09/27/2026

One book asks us to imagine what could be different. The other helps us begin.

The Food Security Blueprint is the why.

Why should communities think differently about food security?
Why should schools, families, businesses, healthcare organizations, places of worship, and local leaders care about productive landscapes?
Why does it matter where food is grown, not just where it is distributed?

Food Forest Foundations is the how.

How do you evaluate a site?
How do you design the layers?
How do you choose plants?
How do you turn an idea into a productive Food Forest?

One lays out the vision.

The other puts tools in your hands.

Together, they tell the larger story of what we believe at Shaome Cooperative:

Food security can be grown.

And when people understand both the why and the how, possibility becomes action. 🌱

Why did I write Food Forest Foundations?Because inspiration is powerful, but at some point, someone has to answer the qu...
09/25/2026

Why did I write Food Forest Foundations?

Because inspiration is powerful, but at some point, someone has to answer the question:

“How do I actually do this?”

As I talked with schools, families, community leaders, organizations, and people interested in food security, I kept hearing versions of the same questions.

Where do I start?

What should I plant?

How do I choose the right location?

How do the layers of a Food Forest work together?

What do I need to think about before I ever put a plant in the ground?

I wanted to create something that could sit beside you and help answer those questions, step by step.

That is why I wrote Food Forest Foundations.

It is not meant to make Food Forest design feel complicated or out of reach. It is meant to help ordinary people look at a piece of land and begin thinking differently about what could grow there.

Because the more people who know how to create productive landscapes, the more food security we can begin growing right where we are.

🌱 That is the real purpose behind the book.

Who did we write these books for?We wrote them for the person who looks at an empty patch of land and wonders, Could thi...
09/23/2026

Who did we write these books for?

We wrote them for the person who looks at an empty patch of land and wonders, Could this become something more?

For the teacher who wants students to understand where food comes from.

For the homeowner who wants to grow food but doesn’t know where to begin.

For the community leader thinking about food security beyond the next food drive.

For the business, healthcare organization, nonprofit, or place of worship wondering whether the land around their building could serve a greater purpose.

And for anyone who believes we can create communities that produce more of what they need.

The Food Security Blueprint was written to help us see what is possible.

Food Forest Foundations was written to help us begin building it.

These books are not really about trees and plants.

They are about changing the way we think about the land all around us, and what that land could do.

🌱 If any of those descriptions sound like you, these books were written with you in mind.

09/20/2026

Sunflowers pull their weight in the garden. They're not just pretty—they feed bees, butterflies, and birds. A single flower can support dozens of bee species, and once it matures, the seeds become a feast for finches and sparrows.

There's something else worth knowing. Sunflowers absorb toxins from soil, including heavy metals and other contaminants. It's called phytoremediation, and while they won't fix everything overnight, they've been used in serious cleanup work—places with lead issues, radiation-affected areas. They actually help.

Growing them is straightforward. Full sun, minimal fuss, and they adapt to most soil types. Plant a seed, water it, let it grow. That's really it.

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5962 Zebulon Road #193
Macon, GA
31210

Telephone

(615)6054229

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