In this end-of-year edition we talk food with Mick McEvoy. Originally from Ireland, he lives and works at Plum Village, a Zen Buddhist community in France established by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh more than forty years ago.   

There, he mindfully manages the Happy Farm, which grows seasonal organic food for its community and the thousands of guests who travel there annually to take part in retreats. Mick also facilitates numerous retreats each year, integrating the practice of mindfulness with agro-ecology, nature connection, deep ecology and rewilding.   

Inner Green Deal host Tamsin Walker spoke to Mick about growing our own food, the benefits in rekindling that skill, the concept of 'interbeing' and the cinematic experience that is "soil in action".  

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Plum Village: https://plumvillage.org/about/plum-village  

Happy Farm: https://plumvillage.org/community/happy-farm  

Wendell Berry Poem: https://onbeing.org/poetry/the-man-born-to-farming/  
Mick McEvoy: https://www.parallax.org/authors/mick-mcevoy/  

About the Inner Green Deal  

The Inner Green Deal is a non-profit organisation based in Cologne and Brussels with a growing community around the world. We address the human dimension of sustainability and support leaders, change makers and facilitators to accelerate the green transformation. We offer a range of short and longer programmes cultivating capacities such as collaboration, systems thinking and compassion.  

In addition to programmes for organisations, we empower facilitators and offer train-the-trainer programmes, access to curricula and digital tools to create cohesive communities of change. Our podcast is hosted and produced by Tamsin Walker. Executive producer is IGD co-founder Jeroen Janss. For more information, visit us on LinkedIn, innergreendeal.com or write to info@innergreendeal.com.   

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