The soil is speaking but are we paying attention?

A woman holding soil. [Courtesy/GettyImages]

Many years ago, a small boy accompanied his mother to a women’s group meeting near Magomano factory in Gatundu South. The women were tending a tree nursery, preparing to plant grevillea along the boundaries of their farms.

During that meeting, another woman arrived and spoke with such clarity about our responsibility to heal the land that even the small boy on the periphery felt inspired.