Freddie Mango Roots on Korean Natural Farming in Hawai'i, growing up in the deep south, culturing culture and a Kaua'i Food Forest plant walk

Episode #20 of the Ground Shots Podcast. This episode of the Ground Shots Podcast was recorded at the Kaua'i Food Forest on a volunteer day one Saturday in May 2019. Freddie Mango Roots is one person in the core volunteer collective that tends the food forest on the island. He utilizes Korean Natural Farming techniques at the food forest as well as at his own gardens at home. We spend some time together going into Freddie's personal story, and venture into philosophy about our culture and the choices we make to work with the earth. We end the conversation with a recorded plant walk through the Kaua'i Food Forest.   In this conversation we also talk about: Freddie's stories of living in the wilderness for many years on the island of Kaua'i including a story about a helicopter crash more on plants and the food forest in addition to the sharing Paul Massey and Rob Cruz did on episode #17 being a product of your upbringing and a certain environment growing up in the deep south fermenting in the garden and kitchen how microbes are our ancestors Korean / Hawai'ian natural farming ferments the importance of cultural and ecological diversity and symbiosis the lessons of the garden for life – accepting constant change and shifting   Make sure to check out the photo diary of the Kaua'i Food Forest on the project blog page to see what some of the plants look like that Freddie mentions on the audio plant walk. Links: Freddie Mango Roots on instagram: @f.m.roots Kaua’i Food Forest facebook page Kaua’i Food Forest’s website: http://www.kauaifoodforest.org   View the Kaua’i Food Forest hashtag: #kauaifoodforest     Support the podcast on Patreon to contribute to our grassroots self-funding of this project.    Our Instagram page @goldenberries Join the Ground Shots Podcast Facebook Group to discuss the episodes Subscribe to our newsletter for updates on the Ground Shots Project Theme music: 'Sweat and Splinters' by Mother Marrow Additional Music: "Pepeiao Cabin' by Lisa Schonberg and Secret Drum Band, of the Hylaeus Project Check out Secret Drum Band's music here Check out the Hylaeus Project here, a creative study of the endangered native Hawai'ian Hylaeus bees  Produced by: Opia Creative