Thanks so much for your travel and sharing of it, but also your drive to understand and nuance the discussion of “non-vegan” food. I appreciate you can both point out the absurdity and tragedy of modern animal practices without throwing away the incredibly heartbreaking and heart building aspects of our co-evolution with our animal brothers and sisters on this planet to find enough calories to thrive. Thanks for being real that all food is also death, and death is essential, like birth, and milk. Too many people seem to want to cordon off this discussion with fake feel good processes, and processing, and labels on all sides of modern dietary nonsense. Gratitude!!
That is definitely one of the points I’m trying to make. I feel many of us are seeking to bring The sacredness back to these relationships. It’s a conversation about the circle of life, which is the circle of death.
There are so many gaddi shepherds moving through the mountains with goats and sheep here in Dharamshala. Never stopped them to talk because they always are on the run but will try next time!
That’s cool, you should try to walk and talk with them! I hear the Gaddis still proces fiber from their herds into clothing, I’d love to check this at out.
I was told of a doctor in Bolivar, Missouri who would have bees set on certain plants, in order to use their honey to treat specific conditions. A woman who personally used these treatments told me.
You hit the proverbial nail on the head...thank you for seeking out and sharing wisdom from these tribes. Curious about what they do in the winter months for foraging?
Winters are quite warm and dry here, so they are out on the land. Summer monsoon and just after can be the time when herders might hunker down a bit, as it’s muddy and the farmers sow their crops.
Thanks so much for your travel and sharing of it, but also your drive to understand and nuance the discussion of “non-vegan” food. I appreciate you can both point out the absurdity and tragedy of modern animal practices without throwing away the incredibly heartbreaking and heart building aspects of our co-evolution with our animal brothers and sisters on this planet to find enough calories to thrive. Thanks for being real that all food is also death, and death is essential, like birth, and milk. Too many people seem to want to cordon off this discussion with fake feel good processes, and processing, and labels on all sides of modern dietary nonsense. Gratitude!!
That is definitely one of the points I’m trying to make. I feel many of us are seeking to bring The sacredness back to these relationships. It’s a conversation about the circle of life, which is the circle of death.
There are so many gaddi shepherds moving through the mountains with goats and sheep here in Dharamshala. Never stopped them to talk because they always are on the run but will try next time!
That’s cool, you should try to walk and talk with them! I hear the Gaddis still proces fiber from their herds into clothing, I’d love to check this at out.
Can you please direct to a resource you appreciate about medicinal plants for goats?
I was told of a doctor in Bolivar, Missouri who would have bees set on certain plants, in order to use their honey to treat specific conditions. A woman who personally used these treatments told me.
You hit the proverbial nail on the head...thank you for seeking out and sharing wisdom from these tribes. Curious about what they do in the winter months for foraging?
Winters are quite warm and dry here, so they are out on the land. Summer monsoon and just after can be the time when herders might hunker down a bit, as it’s muddy and the farmers sow their crops.
It makes total sense to me!!