How to make fermented spelt wheat berries. Fermented spelt wheat berries are the European version of fermented brown rice. I think the bacteria in spelt wheat are compatible with Europeans just like the brown rice bacteria are compatible with East Asians. Therefore you would get the similar health benefit from fermented spelt wheat berries as we get from fermented brown rice.
How to Make Pickled Kohlrabi. One vegetable I found that we don’t have in Japan in England is Kohlrabi, cabbage turnip. It tasted a bit like Japanese turnip, so I tried pickling it like we do with our turnip.
The Apricot Centre on Huxhams Cross Farm a biodynamic farm in Dartington Devon. There were some synchronistic incidents happened on this trip such as bumping into Satish Kumar when I walked into Schumacher College( he is often away) and meeting my Emerson College senior at my talk. And now this magazine article. Wow! It looks like this trip does have some meanings for me.
While I was staying in Dartington, I had an opportunity to interview Jay Tompt from the Reconomy Project which is part of Transition Town Totnes.
Almond Thief is a hub of alternative people in Dartington and it has a great vibe. I managed to give a talk on a sustainable movement in Japan, and a workshop on the Ikigai Diet in Dartington, Devon.
Sustainable agriculture “Natural Farming” Yoshikazu Kawaguchi
Here is Hide Enomoto who brought the transition movement to Japan speaking about transition initiatives in Japan.
The joint struggle of opposition parties have managed to run a unified candidate for 32 electoral districts, and they have a much higher chance of winning this time. In Shiga Prefecture where I live, Yukiko Kada, a former governor is running as the unified candidate. She has been active in environmental issues including dams and she also met Satish Kumar and Helena Norberg-Hodge when they visited Shiga.
I made fermented brown rice wheat and barley berries this time. I mixed brown rice, wheat berries, and barley berries. Then I pressure cooked them and fermented them in a jar rice cooker.
