It’s been a
short week this week, with just three days of classes. Tonight we’re taking the
bus to Quito to visit an organic farm just outside the city tomorrow, and
hopefully a seed bank run by a very inspirational man named Javier, who came to
teach us for a couple of days last week. I don’t think I mentioned that in my
last entry. The guy is only 32 but has already done a massive amount of work in
saving seeds to preserve genetic diversity and help save us from the grip of
the major seed companies swamping the market with weak hybrid seeds. It’s all
quite complicated and incredibly scary, but basically these major corporations have
control of the food chain and seed saving is a way of countering this. Google
it!
For the
rest of the afternoon we’re free to roam Bahía (or e-mail and phone people)
before meeting for dinner and an Irish coffee or two, apparently. Marvellous.
I’ll soon
have lots more to tell you, as my travels start on Saturday with a day trip to
Otavalo, where I’m hoping to find lots of souvenirs to bring back with me. So if
you’re nice and send me mails, I may bring something back for you ;)
Take good care everyone, and until next time…
