From left: Tomas, Krishna’s daughter Chandni and Krishna
Tomas and Krishna farm on different
scales and in different ways. Tomas manages the 134 acres of
Annapurna Farm; Krishna farms six acres of Solitude in the ‘non-till’
Fukuoka style. Both are passionate about the need for Aurovilians to
eat far more locally-grown food. Why?
Why is eating locally-grown food so
important?
Krishna: We have lost our
relationship with nature, with the land. Masonobu Fukuoka, author of
The One Straw Revolution, said that “the society that doesn’t
know where its food comes from is a society without culture. And
humanity without culture will perish.” I think the social problems
we see around the world are very much connected to the fact that many
people don’t have a relationship with nature, and that means with
an aspect of ourselves.
Food is the foundation of any society,
any civilization, but many people don’t know or care any longer
where their food comes from. The ‘Local Food’ movement ...
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