A new friend
This post about is my young friend Mani, the fifteen year old son of a neighbouring farmer. Of course I’ve met him earlier, but this time at the farm, we’ve […]
Category Archives: People
Greening the revolution
I watched this great documentary today, about how globalization and capitalism are impoverishing farmers across the world. What can I say? It’s an education! It’s astonishing, enlightening, inspiring. It makes […]
Something old, something newish
Happy Pongal, everyone! May your pot ever run over with good food, health and happiness! For those of my readers who don’t know what Pongal is – it’s the […]
Toby Hemenway, a friend I never knew
Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden, RIP. You were a friend and a teacher to me, though you never knew of my existence – just one of your thousands of […]
Night of the elephant
Last weekend, we finally saw our first elephant at the farm. Until now, it’s been a case of ‘by their works shall ye know them’. Every time we are at […]
Men Friday
This post is about Rajendra and Raju, who look after the place when we aren’t there, and a little bit after us when we are. Like the time when I […]
