Introducing Hilary Boynton
By Teri Clayton
Great Ideas – Require Action
There’s no doubt that big change is needed and whether we like it or not, is definitely coming in the world. With such large-scale change comes lots of ‘big thinking’ alongside many exciting ‘great ideas’ and perhaps this is all well and good for some. However when the chasm between thinking and doing becomes too wide, when the excitement of solutions overtakes the discipline required for practical enactment, then truly great ideas find themselves without the fertile ground required for germination.
Humanity and all life on earth needs compassionate hands in the soil right now. We need big thinkers AND big do-ers.
There are common threads shared by do-ers. They pace themselves, they are consistent & disciplined, they build one small stone upon another, they don’t overdo things, nor underdo them, they show up come rain or shine, whether they feel like it or not, whether something resonates or not. They do what they know needs to be done, even when everything looks bleak, even when everyone says ‘it wasn’t meant to be’ or they feel like they really need a rest. They instinctively seem to understand the power of momentum, of one positive act gathering pace and passing it forward to the next, much like the snowball effect. They don’t need experts and profit-driven data to confirm what their ancestors have already passed on and they always respect real experiential knowledge and wisdom.
Something that I noticed about ‘do-ers’, destined to leave silent, life enhancing ripples, through the generations to come, is that they care. They care about the people around them, about the effects of their choices, about the lives that they touch. They don’t ‘do’ to achieve a target, receive approval, or solely to make a company successful. They ‘do’ because they care enough to endure the difficulties and challenges that must be faced in creating something good.
Every once in a while you come across an individual that can make a much needed big idea a reality.
Changemakers place one small stone on top of another, giving life to a great idea that has germinated inside of them.
I’d like to introduce you to one such individual – Hilary Boynton.
Hilary Boynton’s heart is bigger than the troubles in her world – it must be, for her to be doing what she is doing! Hilary, a mother of five, is known by many as the lunch lady at a school in Topanga California. Refusing to accept processed food being fed to children in schools, she approached a local school and asked if she could be the ‘snack lady’. In this role, Hilary prepared nutrient dense, nourishing snacks for a local school that had run out of ideas for healthy snack options. The school soon recognised that Hilary’s amazing efforts and food needed to extend beyond snacktime and asked her to take charge of preparing lunch.
Thanks to Hilary, children were receiving real nourishment, supplied from local farms. From chicken bone broths and fermented vegetables to real sourdough bread, proper butter and she even sneaked pigs ears into stews, Hilary provided for a school full of children, what she had provided for her own family. But Hilary hasn’t stopped there, she has now set up the School of Lunch, which teaches parents, lunch ladies/gentlemen and anyone who wants to learn – how to prepare wholesome nutrient dense, nourishing food with whatever wholesome foods local farms are currently providing.
Hilary has co-written a book with Mary Brackett called ‘The Heal Your Gut Cookbook; Nutrient-Dense Recipes for Intestinal Health Using the GAPS diet’ published by Chelsea Green Publishing with forewords by Dr Mercola, Sally Fallon Morell, Beth Lambert, Dr Thomas Cowan and Joel Salatin,Kristin Canty and many other big do-ers.
A key part of Hilary’s work is in knowing and supporting her farmers. If we are to find a way back to nourishing ourselves and the generations to come, we must better support our farmers and crucially, those working to regenerate the soil in which our food grows.
“This is the time for us to seize the opportunity to reset our internal selves in order to create balance with our external environment. We must let our hearts guide us to do what we know to be fundamentally right; for our children, our community, and ourselves.”
We would love to see the School of Lunch germinate here in the UK. We would love to see schools, homes, workplaces, restaurants, cafes…..(everywhere in fact) serving nourishing food sourced by people who know what their farmers’ faces (and soils) look like.
Hilary Boynton
Watch our Webinar with Hilary to find out more about her journey offering healing, regenerative nourishment to hundreds of children
Hilary is now working with her team to create an online learning platform scheduled to launch soon. It will provide entertaining and inspirational videos, classes and webinars to help educate and connect people everywhere.
For those who want to train with Hilary in person, her next School of Lunch training academy takes place from Sunday June 23rd to Friday June 28th. Find out more HERE.
Watch a short documentary about Hilarys work HERE:
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