Campfire Podcast EP09 with ”Kimchi Queen” Brigid LeFevre, on regenerative agriculture, biodynamic farming and food fermentation. Presented by the film platform Campfire Stories (campfire-stori....
Brigid LeFevre runs the community supported agriculture operation ”Förädlad” (roughly ”Enhanced”) in Järna, Sweden. It’s a biodynamic vegetable garden that focuses on fermenting the harvest in order to enrich it with lactic acid bacteria.
Brigid grew up in an anthroposophically inspired Camphill community in Northern Ireland where volunteers lived and worked together with people with special needs.
Growing up in a place where food production was separated from the economic market has had a big impact on Brigid’s philosophy as a farmer. She grows and ferments vegetables for the members, who subscribe to her jars of sauerkraut and kimchi. It’s a local, circular economy, which underpins an alive garden, buzzing and chirping, where the goal isn’t to turn a profit, but to make the soil more alive with the passing of each season.
We’ve also produced a film with Brigid, which you can watch here: campfire-stori...
14 окт 2024