Stone Soup Volume 11.
“Inside the word “emergency” is “emerge”; from an emergency new things come forth. The old certainties are crumbling fast, but danger and possibility are sisters.” – Rebecca Solnit, Hope in the Dark
Features
Substantial pieces.
The gardener
by Haylee Koroi
New growth emerges from the tips of wise and weary fingers. The sun has returned, like the warm presence of a friend. Flowers shoot from their sleeping bags ready for the day Full article “The gardener”
Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Maori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing Handbook.
By Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith
What would Māori health and wellbeing look like from the viewpoint of soil? Taking the indivisible relationship between tāngata and whenua as our starting point – and, by extension, oneone (soil) – this book shines light on the whakapapa relations between Māori and soil, the many different names Māori use to describe this elemental wonder, Full article “Te Mahi Oneone Hua Parakore: A Maori Soil Sovereignty and Wellbeing Handbook.”
Tipu shoots
by Kadambari Raghukumar
On what has turned out to be a muggy and cloudy spring day, I’ve driven past the northern shore of Lake Rotorua to arrive at the Te Puea orchard. A basic shed greets me and it’s ghostly quiet. It turns out, the action is at the back – behind the nursery and veggie patches, about 60 hands and feet are busy planting. Full article “Tipu shoots”
SOURCED
a project to change our relationship with food and drink By Dr Anna Sulan Masing and Chloe-Rose Crabtree Full article “SOURCED”
On Inspiration and personal journeys
By Ashleigh Payne
In late May I saw on her Instagram story that Monique Fiso’s mum had pre-ordered a copy of Hiakai — her daughter’s book, which had been three years in the making. Immediately—I mean immediately—I followed suit Full article “On Inspiration and personal journeys”
Setting Down Roots in West Auckland
by Grace Vujnovich
“Without effort, no harvest will be abundant” – Burundi proverb Full article “Setting Down Roots in West Auckland”
Boy Am I Scared – We Stand Up
“One should be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald Full article “Boy Am I Scared – We Stand Up”
Ron Finley
By Marty Jones
“Because I’m a badass”. That’s Ron Finley’s response as to how he ended up with his own entry in the online video seminar series, Masterclass. Full article “Ron Finley”
They tried
“They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds.” Full article “They tried”
Kapwa
From lockdown to Open Homes – generating a village through the practice of giving. Full article “Kapwa”
Old School Papa – keeping it real, fresh and local.
The first Covid-19 lockdown felt like the return to a simpler time for me. Almost like the time my grandparents grew up in, when it was less of a rat race. Full article “Old School Papa – keeping it real, fresh and local.”
Liberating local food from lockdown
By Phil Stevens
My family lives on Slow Farm, a little patch of sort-of rural land on the edge of a village in the Manawatū. Ashhurst is the name given by settlers, in honour of a man who never set foot in Aotearoa, but tangata whenua called it Otangaki, referring to the act of weeding and cultivating the fertile loam soils left when the Pohangina and Manawatū rivers flooded. Full article “Liberating local food from lockdown”
the ultimate, hidden truth
“the ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”
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I once had an office in a flour mill.
My flour journey began at Timaru Milling Company nearly thirty years ago, during a year-long secondment in a technical support role for factories using flours from wheat, barley, corn and oats. Built in 1882, Timaru Milling was the first in the country to be equipped with roller mills, and it was later the site for the manufacture of Diamond Pasta. Full article “I once had an office in a flour mill.”
From Grain Farmer to Us to You
By Ruth Heath
For our small family bakery, the Covid-19 lockdown reinforced how important relationships and a human scale local food chain can be in times of crisis. Full article “From Grain Farmer to Us to You”
It’s the end of the big menu as we know it, and i feel fine
The Greystone cellar door restaurant had to reinvent itself during the Covid-19 lockdown to comply with rules around service. On the fly, we had to work out how to look after our staff and our customers while still being able to serve great food with our wines. Full article “It’s the end of the big menu as we know it, and i feel fine”
Turning Gold to Lead
Words by Nate Smith as told to Louise Evans.
“All we want is our fucking fish back.” Full article “Turning Gold to Lead”
the earth heals us
“Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us”
– Robin Wall Kimmerer – Braiding Sweetgrass Full article “the earth heals us”
Together, we grow
Katherine Descours visits Julia Milne of Common Unity, to see what’s been going on since Stone Soup was there last, in 2016. Full article “Together, we grow”
Acts of Love
There have been many times in my working life that I wished I could just have a break. I work as a chef, and it is tough. Often it feels as if there is no time to think about what really matters. I wanted to be a chef from a young age, watching my mother cook from what little we had, every day. Her cooking was an act of love. Full article “Acts of Love”
“she is on her way.”
“Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we’re being brainwashed to believe. Full article ““she is on her way.””
PermaDynamics by Happen Films
Our friends at Happen Films have made a beautiful little documentary about PermaDynamics, who we wrote about and had a contribution from in Volume 10.
Grow
There is no need to conquer the world. It is enough that we make it again. We. Today. Zapatismo Full article “Grow”