Food Studio / community
This Thursday, we are once again inviting everyone to gather around the long table at Losæter. This time, to honour everyone who, in their own way, has left their mark—big or small—on the co-creation of this place, which has evolved into so much more than just a location. It feels a bit as if the grassroots installed a magnet that pulls right at the hearts of those who truly care, are curious, and wish to understand, and that this force doesn't let go easily.
At this very moment, I am sitting in a packed café, while outside it is pouring down. The summer holidays were suddenly over; emails have started ticking in, and tasks suddenly have a deadline approaching. This summer, I have truly unplugged, given myself a proper break from everything, limited input and noise like news, social media, and mobile scrolling. We have worked both physically with restoration, carpentry and painting, made beds, and communicated with guests. But I have been very selective about what kind of input I wanted to take in.
We were invited to do the meal for the gathering of the community of Future Library this year. To us it was such an honor to cook and nourish those people who come from all sides of the world to support this project by volunteering. Katie said that she didn't know she was growing not only a forest and an artist project, but a community that felt like family.
In the autumn of 2018, our journey towards a more harmonious existence with nature began with the purchase of Vefallneset in Drangedal Telemark. Originally known as "Strømneset," this place, cleared in the 1770s, was initially a smallholding.
This time we had a small intimate concert with HÅP duo. We made the table outside and had a lot more guests than expected so if felt like a great way to meet the summer.
Sankthans is the Norwegian tradition of gathering around a bonfire and celebrating solstice under the luminous sky.
We are a collective of people who are establishing a CSA (community shared agriculture) at Hegli farm in Nannestad. We are aiming to be as self sustained as possible and to share the knowledge of conserving and culturing from field to table on our way. We invite you to be a part of this by becoming a share holder, by contributing to the work and seminars in the garden, participate at the community dinners or just by sharing the word.
Why is community important and why do humans seek it? What are we actually searching for in the meeting and melting with others and how does it relate to my personal evolution? If the evolution of this planet also is mirrored in the ways we relate, what lessons are waiting to be learned in terms of the way we build our communities? These questions have been echoing in my being this fall.
In the search for solutions that recognize the interconnectedness of root causes, my pilgrimage led me to the Ayurvedic system of healing. Can the legacy of Eastern medicine traditions contribute to our quest towards restoring balance and reviving our connection to nature?