Lathika George is a writer, landscape designer, environmentalist and organic gardener. She is the author of
The Kerala Kitchen, published in New York and later adapted for India as
The Suriani Kitchen. She has published articles on food, design,travel, gardening and the environment in
InsideOutside,
Architectural Digest,
Food 52,
Condé Nast Traveler,
The Hindu's
BLink. Her garden design column, 'The Constant Gardener', ran in the
Business Standard's weekend supplement in 2011. She has a column on organic kitchen gardening in
The Hindu Metro Pluscalled 'The Essential Kitchen Gardener'. She also writes and speaks about sustainable landscapes and environmental issues.
In Mother Earth, Sister Seed, landscape designer Lathika George looks at India's traditional agricultural communities and the changes-some good, some not-that modernization and urbanization have wrought. Paying tribute to the ancient systems of farming, George talks about the men and women whose livelihoods are derived from the land and the sea. An organic gardener herself, she takes you through the changing seasons of agriculture as she travels around the country, from Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu and Coorg in Karnataka to the Khasi Hills in Meghalaya and Chamba in Himachal Pradesh, documenting the celebrations, rituals, folklore and recipes associated with each.
Mother Earth, Sister Seed is a lyrical journey dedicated to ways of life that are vanishing. It captures the myriad ways in which the food we eat is produced and brings to life the industrious farmers, fi shermen and forest folk behind it.
