Hello, I'm Dashiani Navanayagam, and welcome to the conversation, the show that amplifies women's voices today.
The earthy, practical and soulful relationship that emerges between humans and the land when it comes to growing and harvesting our own food.
No longer a fundamental skill for many of us, it's also increasingly hard to cultivate crops in urban environments.
For city dwellers, the the solution of allotments and community gardens has been a popular workaround for decades, and it tended to be men who frequented them.
But in recent years, these spaces have been overtaken by women keen to grow their own bounties.
Today I'm speaking to two women about the appeal of working the land in this most intimate of ways.
JC Nialla joins me in the studio.
She's a writer, academic and creative from Kenya, who has written about the history of allotments.
And Olia Hercules is a ukrainian cook and author of an award winning cookbook.
Mamushka.
Raised in rural Ukraine, Olya later moved to London, where she missed the fresh taste of homegrown food.
Her solution?
To grow her own vegetables to remind her of home.
Welcome to you both.
Welcome.
Jacy.
Welcome, Olia.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Really nice to have you both.