Oh, Canada

So far, we are having a marvellous holiday - warm weather, great food, western horseback riding, pickles and now a canadian football match... wonderful hospitality, and lots of great chats.. did i mention great food? Andrew has learned how to pickle - beans, jalapeno, cucumbers, carrots, zucchini,AND make pear jam. We went to a great farmers market, and it was a wonderful display of fresh goods. The Hutterite community was selling a lot of it, and it was quite intriguing to see them - cowboy hats and polka dot scarves, long skirts and braces. I have always been attracted to the peace communities, and have tremendous admiration for the anabaptists in history.

Read a lot on the plane - Andrew read a book that I recently finished - The Irresitible revolution - we both found it quite challenging. We leave to Wainwright tomorrow and I'm really excited/nervous to be going there - and am so glad Andrew's with me.

Outraged as part of my study...

I've been looking at various social issues. Including just coming across the most frightening thing I've heard of in a long time: The Terminator Technology - built in bio genetically engineered sterility in seeds.

As Was:
varieties of rice in India: 200 000
varieties of apples in USA: 7000
varieties of potatoes in Andes: 3000
varieties of sweet potatoes in PNG: 5000
varieties of wheat in china: 10 000

What a world.

Between that, patenting seeds and the privatisation of water I'm thoroughly depressed.

August & the harvest begins...

The end of a long day - just enough time left to show you some of the fruit of our labour! That is one BIG marrow! And also,
there is one of the lovely Steve and Bryony's wedding day... (the order is a bit random, since I don't understand quite how to add them...












or move them). You'll get the gist though...

It was a lovely day...