What an amazing interview with master gardener and HUGE seed saving hero, Kay Baxter. 
 Along with her husband Bob corker and family, Kay is the founder of the Koanga Institute and the Kotare eco village project in Wairoa, New Zealand.  An inheritor of gardening knowledge of several generations, Kay Baxter has a deep and visceral understanding of the rhythms and cycles of nature that move so fast when you manage a garden. With over 800+ reserved heritage seeds and over 400 reserved fruit tree and berry stocks from all over New Zealand, Kay is truly a master of her craft and has managed to save not only the seeds of her communities but also the stories of those families. More recently Kay has headed a new project 'Regeneration Production', a highly comprehensive and in-depth resource of online masterclasses and courses on gardening, garden planning, permaculture, improving nutrient density in food, making real compost and the critical first step of taking a seed to a seedling successfully. Kay’s online content is formidable and is growing year by year. at a time in life when many would be winding down their activities Kay seems to be growing the team and forging ever more new directions in her mission to create a deeper ecological connection.
Kay is the author of numerous books and booklets including the koanga garden and design your own orchard.
A deep believer in the self regenerating quality of the human body and the soil Kay Baxters journey is an example of the difference one family can make when they follow their passion and strength.
I was really surprised how much i enjoyed connecting again with someoene who is condensing deep knowledge into mastering home gardens. Hope you enjoy it as much as i did.
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05:48 What drives Kay baxter
09:15 My nana didn't give me ‘how to garden’…- the power of giving and inherent intelligence
17:00 making a choice to grow food and allowing connections to happen
21:21 low minerals.. and the animal connection
24:38 the unexpected buzz of regeneration. an unexpected abundance of frogs
26:00 guilds, families, good design and the power of connections
28:00 what is a guild?
31:40 personal discoveries testing brix….raising vibrations
34:16 physics of soil, connections and brix
39:30 the epiphany of effective gardening and testing Brix
42:35 what is so special about heritage seeds….
44:54 communication of living soil
45:40 90% of the plants food can come from the universe.
46:35 the human effect on seed genetics. one small step at a time….
49:30 the experience and responsibility of receiving a family’s seed heritage
51:40 people dying
52:19 Lessons from Joel Salatin on building a team
53:45 A story of a seed
57:12 art of dealing with abundance
58:17 effective heritage seeds, local or not?
1:03:06 we cant go back……creating a new culture…being connected
1:08:07 Lessons from Darren Doherty “how can you critise integration”
1:09:30 stepping into the digital world
1:11:30 influencers : Dr Christine Jones, Nicole Masters and Grant Patten
1:12:25 Kay’s role as translating biological farming for home gardeners
1:12:46 Advice to getting started
1:15:20 A message from Kay Baxter.