Gardening is political.
Freedom for me is providing food for my family.
Empowerment for me showing people how to provide for themselves.
Passion for me is that I utterly believe that home grown
food is better for the human body than mass produced monoculture.
Amazing to me is that other people catch it. They have faith in it and give it a go.
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| Me getting carried away explaining something, with dirty hands, at home in the garden |
They heal themselves in the garden.
They spend time with themselves in the garden. People spend time with their family in the garden.
They are proud to reconnect with the land. Its a spiritual thing.
They feel hesitant about the rules and expectations and what
things “should” look like. They are ever hopeful and optimistic.
Tino Rangatiratanga for me is deciding to feed the mauri of
the soil that feeds my children. My
whakapapa, my genes will be strong in their healthy bodies.
It’s my choice to not support mass agriculture wrecking the
planet and producing a few rich, while keeping most people under nourished.
(opps...blinking radical side, gotta watch that popping up from time to time.)
Check out this amazing whanau in Pasadena.
Oh and I've invited a few people to guest post, so hopefully they say yes and we build a pool of interesting, skilled, experts, in all areas. As I know many of you have many and varied talents, if you're keen to be involved, have a notice, a panui, or something to say, please make use of the comments below each post and or flick me an email; horowhenua.kaikai@gmail.com. I'd love to hear form you.
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