Photoshooting at NAMAYASAI

Photoshooting  & Volunteering at Namayasai

On 4th of April, I went to Lewes to volunteer and photoshoot at Namayasai.
I volunteered from 6:30am to 4:00pm.


A view at 6:00am.







There are two green houses. This is the oldest one.











She is Monica. She found this place in gumtreea and has been working for 3 weeks.



This is Ikuko. Although she had to deliver the vegetables to the restaurants in London and I did not have enough time to talk with her, she told me all the vegetables she was harvesting.



















I like this photo.

















She lives near the farm and 6 months pregnant. She told me how important it is to support local farmers.


I like this photo.







This is the second green house. Because England has lots of rainy days, they decided to build another green house.





She is Racheal. She found this place at HelpX and has been staying and working for 4 weeks.
She showed me this compost, which is the most important place.




This is a toilet. This place does not have any electricity, but Robin says there is no inconvenience living without any elextricities.



This is Robin. He showed everything to me and explained how they have close ties with the consumers.


















































↓This one was hard to take because it was cloudy and rainy...





Personally, I love this photo. This tree is sakura, which is Robin's favotite spot and was able to show the beauty of sakura with him being the main subject of the photo.













The front green house is the oldest one.

Comments

  1. evavoutsaki8 April 2018 at 12:45

    Well done Mizuki! I can help you with the editing tomorrow.

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