French term (edited): nourrici�re

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-04-24 06:38:56 GMT)
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Nourishing Mother Earth

Sylvie has been involved for nearly four years now with many humanitarian aid projects in Haiti. Her most recent one concerns soil decontamination by natural means. She has developed a simple yet strikingly effective philosophy: feed the earth and the earth will feed its people. \"If you were to see your mother homeless and indigent, what would you do? Give her clothing! Protect her, of course! It\'s the same thing with the nourishing earth. It is our mother. It too needs to be fed and protected.\" Assisted by an agronomist and an instructor, Sylvie demonstrated soil fertilisation with \"green fertilizers\" (natural fertilizers) in a community garden. They offered training, which generated a feeling of belonging among the group. \"When they realise that all this is for them, they become motivated to work and the project\'s participation rate goes up.\"
(http://www.soeurs-mic.qc.ca/neuf/miscel2.htm)

You feel your feet stretching into the soil, becoming roots, growing down into the cool, nourishing earth.
(http://www.paganmen.com/rituals/greenman_workshop.htm)