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RE: What's for Lunch? And Why Vegan Is A First World Luxury
Even harder to get enough fruit in the jungle in dry season.... well nigh impossible without cash money or steady arable land with water. Being a frutarian is, as you say, even more of a western luxury diet. Thanks for "getting it". x
Yes, the jungle would be hard. However, not impossible. There should be some crops that grow even in the worst possible circumstances. The cactus in the desert proves that.
I met this woman once and had the honor to spend a full day with her. She moved to Ireland and bought a piece of land that was too dry one moment and too wet the other. Even grass didn't grow on it. The neighbors and her friends and family told her she was crazy to think of ever growing anything on it. Well, she proved them wrong. She built a permaculture farm and within 2 years, it was thriving. Now, of course, her circumstances were different. But nevertheless, I will always remember her words: There's no land where one can't grow food.
That being said, now I feel challenged to figure out if some growing wouldn't be possible there too. I'm thinking more towards hydroponics...But OK, I'm getting ahead of myself maybe.
Something to sleep on...
Agreed but assumes a level of personal safety, skills & access to knowledge. Displaced people are eking out an existence in an unfamiliar, hostile environment. It IS possible but takes so much time to teach & show people with whom you dont share a language, who have little access to information & have had limited, if any, education. Explaining composting last week to young people who really dont grasp things like soil acidity, bacterial processes etc? It goes on & like I said... permaculture theory, vegan etc mostly assumes first world privilege.
Of course, I totally agree with you that the above are assuming first world privilege. However, Permaculture is basically already happening all over the place, if we let it. 'Teaching' permaculture here in Ireland, for instance, is pretty much bringing people back to the way it always was in the past but what they 'unlearned, or broke/forced away from due to the 'cultivation' of crops. Over the years, this has done more harm than good, since planting the same plants in rows and patches has now depleted the soil from its minerals.
In the jungle there would still be more of a symbiotic relationship between plants and trees. The way it's supposed to be.
But of course, I understand, the situation for these people is so much different, since they're merely in survivor mode. But like you said: it's not impossible (I know, I'm stubborn ;)
Im stubborn enough to be teaching them personally, cos I beloeve it is possible & required. Huge persinal commitment but coming up against the first world privilege issues a lot. Just wanted to highlight that in this post. 😊🌿🌷
Of course, I understand :)
LOve the symbiotic emojis... 😊🌿🌷