Living or dying

Two types of agriculture emerged—plant and animal—and the distinction between them is significant.

Growing plants and gardening is more feminine work; plants are tended and nurtured, and as we work with the cycles of nature, we are part of a process that enhances and amplifies life. It is life-affirming and humble (from humus, earth) work that supports our place in the web of life.

On the other hand, large animal agriculture or husbandry was always men’s work and required violent force from the beginning, to contain powerful animals, control them, guard them, castrate them and, in the end, kill them.

May all beings be free and at peace,  Will

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Original watercolor painting by Madeleine Tuttle
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