James Samuel

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"You feed your community just as much by being dependent on them, as by being of service to them when they have necessities." ~Tristan Girdwood

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What would it take to call yourself indigenous today? I’m interested in your thoughts on this. /regen https://jmsinnz.medium.com/from-reductionist-thinking-to-relational-wisdom-unveiling-the-beauty-of-interdependence-5b03a6a87ffb

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This is how it starts. A seed. That can scale by replication. https://jmsinnz.medium.com/the-legend-of-growing-radicles-syntropic-agroforestry-and-social-systems-2e4c61d57116

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“The human condition is malleable, not fixed, and ordinary people can make history instead of suffering it." The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Darnton

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Who will feed us? Personally I want to be fed by humans, not machines. https://medium.com/@jmsinnz/syntropic-agroforestry-healing-nature-and-humans-b5597bfcbb22

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"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts." - Rachel Carson

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Blood is thicker than water 🧠 The full phrase is "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb," suggesting that relationships formed by choice, are stronger than those based solely on familial ties.

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Try asking people what they think love is? Few people will be able to give you a clear definition. But Jim Sarvos had this ready to share. Clearly he’d thought about it . . .

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The advantages of modern systems tend to be cancelled out as we become increasingly dependent on them. ~ Ivan Illich What systems have we become increasingly dependent on? Well one I’m painfully aware of is the industrial food system - from seed to soil to harvest to processing, and distribution.

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I am a food system alchemist. 20 years ago, I began to notice how destructive the centralised, monetised, corporatised, extractive food system has become. Since then I have been looking for (and finding) systems that support humans and ecology to flourish.

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