麻豆社

For those of the Hindu religion, there is an important link between faith and food. That鈥檚 why, last year, a Hindu Temple in Cardi铿� bought a farm on the outskirts of the city, in the Vale of Glamorgan, which they want to develop into a community hub. Mariclare Carey-Jones visits Tir Aikaym Farm to meet Anoup Kerrai and a group of volunteers who together are hoping to create a thriving organic farm growing fruit, vegetables and a thriving community.

鈥淚n my community, everything we do is connected to land鈥� says Anoup, 鈥渂ut we have a bit of a disconnect. We have one festival for Diwali, it comes straight after harvest, where we create a mountain of food and we o铿�er it to deities - currently that food is bought in, we haven鈥檛 grown it ourselves鈥�. That is why Anoup and his fellow members of the executive team at the Shree Swaminarayan Temple wanted to buy the farm, to build a cultural and generationally bridge back to farming.

Presented and produced by Mariclare Carey-Jones.