“Bee There. Do That.”

Finally!!
South Africa’s dropped to its lowest lockdown level during the global Covid pandemic. Everything and everyone’s in bloom... Amazing to consider what we’ve weathered during the Winter months while in hibernation. What’s been taken away from us, has sprouted again, like the trees, flowers, seeds and bees, we’re baaaaack! That’s one perspective at least. And there are many many more.... In this, our 2nd season finale - this episode of "Bee There Do That", offers you a bit of insight, optimism and regeneration from the land, hearts, minds and aether thanks to the honeybee. And as you’d know, in our African indigenous traditions, many of those bees represent our ancestral connections, to people and place.

You're listening to Bee there Do That.... - The Ancestral Table episode. Featuring, Brent Samuels of Beewise Honey Producers and Honey Lab SA, Annet Birungi of Budongo Women Bee Enterprises and Aliya Al Haeri Ferguson of Aliya's Vibrant Life. Moving from Ancestral land dispossession in Cape Town, through Budongo Forest in Masindi, Uganda and into the heart of Islamic mysticism and persian food tradition, through the lens of Sufisim, we welcome the honeybee as a revered Ancestor on the African Continent!
Come. Catch a buzz with me! I'm your host, Yolanda Busbee Methvin. And this is “Bee There. Do That.” The podcast featuring everyday stories about food, ancestry, race and social impact, in Africa. Made in South Africa!!
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Like you, I’ve grown tired and out of patience while waiting for this Covid 19 drama to die down. And yet here on the Continent, we’re told, most countries haven’t even yet seen the peak rise in cases. Well I don’t know about you, but I’m tired! In need of coffee to make the most basic of decisions on a daily basis. Yeah, usually only one.Continental coffee. East African coffee. Kenyan to be precise.

"Now, when you start talking about the history of coffee in this country, before pre independence, Africans were not allowed to grow any cash crops, coffee was a cash crop. So prior to, I would say 1961 or 55. I say 1955 after the emergency, which was during the Malmo fight for independence in Kenya- the natives never grew coffee." - Peter Kinyua
"...And so 95% of our coffee is exported. And we are trying to market it in Europe, in America, in Australia, even now. But how embarrassing is it that we don't have the proper knowledge from tree to cup to sell it properly? So first, people are just buying it because of the quality. Not because we really have this good information about coffee? Yeah." - Esther Otieno

This episode feature my chatting with Peter Kinyua, CEO of Servicoff Ltd., and Esther Otieno, Founder @BaristaPro filled me with desire. Truly buzzing, after about five cups of coffee recording this episode, I'm a new recruit; a learned devotee! Come catch a buzz with me. You'll leave with the munchies. Promise!
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According to the WWF SA, In South Africa one third of all food produced, a total of 10 million tonnes of edible food is wasted every year. Ms. Pavitry Pillay, says it was her Grandmother's human rights lineage and DNA which has powered her interest in saving our seas and making an impact, as she once did.
"...lots of people don't realise there were two trials.... And my Grandmother --She was actually around during the time when Mahatma Ghandi was in South Africa. She was regarded as his adopted daughter..." - Pavitry Pillay, Environmental Behaviour Change Lead, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)."
In conversation with Pavitry and Lisa Chait Producer and Creator of "Life Stories" an online lineage and memory project, Lisa recounts how her DNA and Ashkenazi lineage in Africa carries within it, memory as far back as many of the stories found in the biblical era. Yet it's modern fusion of land, people, sea and the spirit which fuels her work; connecting ancestry to food and story.
You're in for a whale of a tale, with this episode looking at how the women; Mothers. Grandmothers, keepers of wisdom, lineage and cultural food traditions maintain the natural circularity we find within our humanity. Yep. Thanks yet again to the food. And bees!!!
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**First Things First ** - This Quarantine life, is a bugger to Audio Recording. This episode sounds just like it really happened; Outside of the comfort of my normal recording studio; Origin Audio. You'll surely hear the difference, but will love the outcome nonetheless. Thanks for listening. - Yolanda.
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Some folks would have us believe cooperative food networks, independently organised and sustained community food distribution systems and circular economies around food, will only come as a result of a post-COVID 19 world. Well, this episode will surely put that notion to test!
What a joy to chat with Urban Farmer, Iming Lin @meusefarm, co-founder @foodflowza about their initiative to deliver food parcels to needy families, thanks to the help of other local growers and @Oxfam in South Africa.
Our chat inspired looking into regenerative food systems and farming, food sovereignty kitchens like the one begun by Vishwas Satgar of South African Food Sovereignty Campaign. And "Coops" or Cooperative farming and land management practices, established successfully, like Rustler's Valley and Naledi Farmers Cooperative in Free State, South Africa, Co-Founded by Gino Govender.
We've even got a new sponsor this season! Hot damn!!! @impactAmplifier check them out. They're Kwwwaaaaaai!
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Come. Catch a buzz with me. I'm your host, Yolanda Busbee Methvin
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Leaving home always feels good, when you know you’re going to return. But what about those of us, who don’t? In this episode, I chat with three Zimbabweans who’ve left home, returning with ancestral lineage gifts of cradle to gravel worldwide favourites; Ice Cream, Wine, good Health and Wellness. Come. Catch a buzz with me chatting with @TapiTapi Gourmand, Tapiwa Guzha, Cordialis Chipo Msora-Kasago @AfricanPotNutrition and @Tinashe Nyamudoka of @KumushaWines
This episode is dedicated to @CreatingBetterFutures. Please support our donation drive to help feed vulnerable children, in Zimbabwe. Please donate as little or as much as you can by using our PayPal details below.
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