What am I doing here June 8, 2008

I think I’m here to reach out and touch someone, I am working my way through a journey that has no  prefabricated destination. One of those life-altering things that could end with unknown knows and some known unknowns and you get the picture. But I have this vision and a calling and I just can’t turn my  back on…

This all started 8 years ago when I decided to grow food on a plot of land that was about  2×4 feet. I planted corn, squash, beans, carrots, watermelon, and apples tree (from seed)… did I mention the space was 2×4 feet?

Well I have come a long way since then and have become completely O.C.D. about gardening.  Food Security in particular. Let me make this clear, I have had many other interests that have consumed me before. You know that person that has to try to do it from scratch just because they need to understand HOW… well I could very well be the poster child for this insanity. But I am okay with it… its like an itch, just needs to be scratched, ya know

Anyway back to the pressing issue at hand, I need to set up an bio-intensive farming training program in Ethiopia, with an emphasis on ecological sustainability. My husband has worked as a solar energy installer for 5 rocky years is working on rural water development. I just finished a Master Gardening training program which has given me a rock solid foundation on growing food, I have drank the kool-aid and become a supporter of the logic and mission of ECOLOGY ACTION. Add to that my unconditional love for Africa and all it inhabitants and maybe you can see what I see. I need to go soon and see what I can do, I need to do something.

I think I can make a difference. I have some wonderful examples in the works of GROW BIO INTENSIVE and their international partners, specifically Manor House in Ethiopia’s neighboring Kenya.

We will see. I will be going to ET in July on a fact finding and networking trip. Not before reading and studying until my eyes burn.

I’ll keep in touch…

tres besos,

DanDeLioness