“What do you recommend I grow?”
It’s the one question above all others that people ask me. Impossible to answer without knowing something about the poser of the question. My first response is always, “What do you like to eat?” This is as much to tease out what matters to them on both a culinary and a cultural level as to understand the circumstances under which they are planning to breed, grow and consume their beloved crops.
This matters because feeling a connection to our food – its provenance, its place in our own stories and identity, its flavours and uses – becomes the starting point on ...
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