Village phoenix

When the country shut down due to the pandemic, I was mostly stuck in the house. My nostalgia for my young days on our family farm inspired several essays that I will always treasure. As a way of returning to the farm virtually,

When the country shut down due to the pandemic,  I was mostly stuck in the house. My nostalgia for my youthful days on our family farm inspired several essays that I will always treasure. As a way of returning to the farm virtually,I teamed up with some family members and  close friends to start an incubation of all the indigenous bananas of my youth. We had to clear trees, sow some wood  and then plant some bananas. This month marked our first harvest and we are so proud to be sharing our first twenty bananas with friends who were so supportive of our project. It was one of the most challenging projects I have worked on.

There were the heartbreaks from shaddy work as well as the reality of adjusting our expectations.  In the end, the outpouring of support from people I didn't even know before formed some unforgettable moments.  The fruits are just a bonus on top of the lessons we all learned. But above all else, the fact that I am growing bananas that have been in my family for over 100 years is simply phenomenal in the age of fiat food!

Thanks to my family, my neighbors  and Stanley Gatheca for their support in donating banana plants and keeping an eye on the magical space where love is both abundant and always in season.

The first 5 bananas have literally fallen to the ground partly because they were not staked and also due to the heavy size of the banana fruit. It is ironic because the falling of the banana plants might symbolize the new awakening in the village. The International outlook of the farm might just be the mark of a new Renaissance of my squeaking food culture.

The efforts are diverse and the benefits are varied. Yet only those near will consume the fruits. While those eating the bananas might never know the joy the picture brings to an indigenous chef, I am most confident that the village phoenix has arisen in me and hopefully to many who will be nourished by the food and stories inspired by our tiny tiny farm. The best might be yet to come forth. In any case, so much joy already bubbles with and without.

Chef Kabui

The Hex Kitchen is a collaboration between Chef Kabui and the Hex community in a bid to promote food literacy, mindful eating and wealth creation. There is a natural connection between those who are fighting against fiat currency and those engaged in the struggle against fiat food. The two social ills of fiat currency and fiat food are at the heart of the tyrannic global world system we are now living in. That tyranny is directly connected to the climate crisis we face and there is no way we can solve one part of the problem without being mindful of the whole system, For a start, the Hex Kitchen is keen on addressing the issues of real money and real food as a basis on regaining our sovereign power. It is no accident that the struggle for food justice would find allies in cryptography and more specifically cryptocurrency. It is not a usual collaboration but yet it is one that makes sense on many levels. Chef Kabui has been studying and applying the power of food literacy, mindful eating and food justice in the struggle against oppression in general and specifically to people of African descent.

Chef Kabui has studied the disciplines of politics, anthropology and culinary arts and has designed a cuisine or rather an approach to food that is informed by the above experience and the indigenous knowledge that he gained from his Kenyan family’s history as sustainable farmers for generations. The combined experience and education resulted in the creation of a cuisine called Afro Futuristic Conscious Cuisine. It is a combination of the most sustainable practices in the growing, preparation of food with the goal of causing the least damage to the environment and maximizing the health benefits of the food. Those two conditions are necessary for a mindful community that ensures that justice thrives.

Chef Kabui has been pushing organic food and healthy eating based on his research and his own experience. The idea of healthy food and justice is not something that chef Kabui got into but was born in it. His family operated a farm and his father ran a restaurant in the capital city of Nairobi. Kabui grew up in the village with his mother where they grew almost all the food they consumed. It was at his family farm that he Kabui developed a love for fresh food and the art of consuming food following the natural cycles of seasons.

The collaboration aims to share the skills for healthy food to the Hex community and beyond. No community can survive without food and the Hex community is no different. The Hex Kitchen is another assembly point for the community to be nourished both physically and socially. While wealth is private, food is social and having a kitchen for the community to assemble is a great option for a community that is causing ripples across the world.

What to Expect

The Kitchen will have virtual classes, content on Youtube and other social media presence for a start. The goal is that the Kitchen will have a physical place that will have a kitchen in a farm that will grown food and have space that guest can visit. The farm will have a demonstration farm for the vegetables, fruits and herbs,

For the schedule of upcoming classes please visit our events section and find a class that is fit for your schedule.