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Healing Through Feeling 💗 I Grow Food and Make Love.
🌱 Owner @consciousground Organic Regenerative Farm
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Did you know that you could make one of the strongest biodegradable strings from banana leaf stem? 🍌

this incredible Best tell plants not only gives us fruit and food from its stem, simply slicing up the banana leaf stem and drying it in the sun, makes one of the strongest strings to use to tie up bunches of produce, wrap presents I’m replace any plastic string in the house.

Once you’re done, it goes straight into compost back to the land where it belongs 😍

It’s a zero impact tool we use in Vietnam 🌱 leave the land better than you found it 🙏

Thanks mummy for all of your knowledge and wisdom 🙏🙏😘 @kim_ly888

#vietnam #bananaleaf #diy #zeroimpact #biodegradable taken in Conscious Ground by @intuitivefooddesign

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Basil seeds (aka sabja or tukmaria) are my go-to for their calming, clarifying, and hydrating properties. While chia seeds are definitely a powerhouse, basil seeds are one of my childhoods favourite found in so many of our traditional Vietnamese desserts 😍

I still love chia seeds for:
• Their omega-3s (hello brain + skin support)
• Their endurance-fueling energy (used by Aztec + Mayan messengers)
• Their fiber boost for gut health and satiety

However…

Here’s why basil seeds are next-level for me:
• Used in Ayurveda + TCM for 2,000+ years to balance heat, soothe digestion, and calm the system - much lighter than chia seeds
• Gelled + ready in 5 minutes — quick hydration without the wait
• Zero phytic acid, so minerals get absorbed without digestive interference
• Sacred plant lineage — basil is a guardian plant, protector of the heart, and vessel of clarity
• Deeply hydrating + cooling — traditionally used during fasting periods for satiety and energetic cleansing

I love adding a teaspoon to my morning lemon water or layering them in dessert drinks 😍

#hydration #foodasmedicine #basilseeds #vietnamesefood by @intuitivefooddesign

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9 months ago

Medicine as dessert! 😍 a childhood absolute favourite eating on a hot summers day like today 🌞

Each of these ingredients are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine with potent benefits, with replenishing and hydrating Tremella, tonifying and harmonizing Jujube dates, invigorating Longan to boost blood circulation and eye health, immune boosting goji berries and gut healing basil seeds.

It’s naturally sweet and balancing for the body. I also love this combination with lotus seeds, barley and gingko. This is so easy to make simply by simmering all the ingredients below (use organic if possible) 🌱

- Soak 1 whole dried tremella for 1 hour or overnight in the fridge
- Trim the core off the tremella and cut into bite sized pieces, squeeze out excess water and add to large pot
- Add 1.5 cup dried longans & 1.5 cups dried jujube, 3.5 litres of water and simmer for 30mins
- Turn off the stove then add 1/3 cups goji berries, allow to cool and refrigerate overnight or until chilled
- 1 Tbsp basil seeds in 1 cup of water, stir until bloomed then set aside in refrigerator
- Once cooled, add the basil seeds and enjoy!
- Optional additions are peach gum, barley, lotus seeds and gingko biloba 😍

#foodismedicine #healingfoods #tcm #traditionalfoods #chinese #vietnamese #tremella #jujube #basilseeds #longan #balancedfood taken in Conscious Ground by @intuitivefooddesign

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a year ago

To the narcissistic ex husband trolling me 10 years on, after living your double life with your other kid and 2nd wife while we were married, you still can’t let go. Your abusive gaslighting can’t hurt me.

You can create all the fake accounts and poke and poke.

Keep poking the bear and watch me roar.

My roar of ultimate love for myself and the life I have created post the aftermath of my life with you has taught me well.

That you can’t destroy anything in me and I can see how that hurts and frustrates you to no longer have power over me.

Rainbows and Sunshine 🌈☀️on a rainy day 🌧️🌧️🌧️

Thank you for making me do the work so I can have all of this now in my life. Try and remember a little of yourself.

#rainbows #sunshine #empowermentofwomen #livingmybestlife #powerwithin taken in Byron Bay, New South Wales by @intuitivefooddesign

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Come eat with me in the South Of France 🇫🇷 in a small country town called Nans Les Pins (excuse my Australian Vietnamese pronunciations 😅) during the Autumn months where quince, fig, juniper berries and apple trees are fruiting 🍏muscatel grapes are dripping from the vines 🍇and the fields are full of wild medicinal herbs like yarrow and red clover @chezelles.enprovence ☘️

I met with local food producers including the local goat farmer with the most delicious selection of goat cheeses 🧀 @leschevresdeconilleres 🐐the local bakery with the crustiest baguettes and delicious pastries 🥐 ate some of the freshest oysters 🦪 @coquillages.gagnot olives and tasted the most joyous lavender cookies proudly home baked by Elisabeth @l_atelier_des_farigoules

The local farmers market is always at the top of my list when I travel. It’s where food and passion overcome language barriers and a true taste and connection to the local culture can be experienced. It also supports the local farmers and artisans to keep producing traditional foods, encourage younger generations to continue their family traditions and enabling food to be shared with love, wisdom & integrity. Now more than ever is the time to get connected with the local food community whereever you are, to place the power over food and health in your hands. As a farmer myself, the future of food isn’t just about what we grow. It’s about what we leave behind and what we choose to support for our future generations to come 💗

#farmersmarket #southfrance #nanslespins #supportlocal #localfood taken in Nans Les Pins by @intuitivefooddesign

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Not sure if eating is a hobby either 😂😂

#mylife #passion #hobby #livelife #lovelife taken in Byron Bay, New South Wales by @intuitivefooddesign

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It’s Jabuticaba season! Aka Brazilian tree grapes a burst of tropical grape flavour with a thick tannin rich muscatel like skin! 😍

They’ll be bursting off the tree next week!

Native to Brazil, jabuticaba is a nutrient rich fruit packed with vitamin C, fibre and powerful antioxidants, particularly in its deep purple skin.

A boost for immune health, healthy digestion and protect the body’s cells from oxidative stress.

The skin contains one the highest concentration of antioxidants, so jabuticaba is best enjoyed whole, with the skin on 🍇😍

#jabuticaba #tropicalfruit #inseason #organic #byronbayfood taken in Conscious Ground by @intuitivefooddesign

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11 days ago

Today, we celebrate our people. 🌱

Behind every harvest, every market day and every piece of food that leaves this farm, there are people who care deeply about the work.

To our team, thank you for your hard work, your ideas, your energy and your willingness to keep learning. Thank you for caring for the land and for each other.

And a special thank you to our founders, May @intuitivefooddesign and Richard, for the vision, courage and work that brought this farm to life.

We’re not just growing food, we’re growing people.

#consciousground #byronbay #labourday2026 #regenerativefarming #organicfarming taken in Conscious Ground by @intuitivefooddesign

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13 days ago

Argh! My previous video had a glitch and froze - resharing the steps to my fresh coconut milk with Whole Green Coconut! 🌴🌴

I was in Bali, the land of coconuts, trying to find fresh coconut milk for my matcha. But all I could find was packaged coconut milk with extra ingredients that don’t belong in coconut milk! 🌴🌴

Make it with just 1 ingredient - a fresh green coconut! Simply blend the coconut water and coconut flesh, strain and it’s ready. You can thin it out with some water if the coconut is a little more mature. It’s my favourite way to make fresh coconut milk and so delicious 😍😍

I found it surprising that my local hosts don’t make coconut milk this way and now go for the convenience of packaged milk! Happy to have converted them! 😍😍

#coconut #coconutmilk #matcha #bali #matchalatte taken in Bali, Indonesia by @intuitivefooddesign

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18 days ago

This beautiful woman gave me permission to film her singing her heart in Arles 💗

I had it translated - not sure if it’s accurate…

My heart is hidden behind a mask;
in my soul, all I have is loneliness.

I can no longer see you,
nor put myself in a position
to suffer even more.

It is the story of a love like no other, that made me understand
all that is good and all that is bad, that brought light into my life, only to extinguish it afterward.

Oh, what a dark life, without your love. Without your love, I will not live.

🌿🌿🌿

I have been caring for my husband on his stroke recovery over the last year and a half, and as deep in the love and care for him, I have equally given this to myself, knowing in my wholeness when I return, he can heal so much more and that I can be more whole as a wife, mum and human. It was like the universe giving me a last push to learn about my priorities.

I’ve found the power in prioritizing myself in order to care for others on a level I’ve not ever known before. Just clarity.

I’ve returned home from my walk, meeting so many parts of me on the way, ready to meet my love and home so much deeper than I was able to before.

So grateful for all the beauty along the way 🌿 and to my walking partner Chrystal 🙏❤️🍇

Mary Magadalene Walk from Saint Marie de La Mer to Saint Baume 🇫🇷

#love #marymagdalene #divinefeminine #divineunion walk taken in Saint Marie De La Mer - France by @intuitivefooddesign

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Wow! Conscious Ground has been named Business Builders Regional Hero 2026. 💚

To everyone who voted, shared our story, buys our food, visits us at the market and supports what we’re building, thank you.

We couldn’t have done this without you.

We’re proud to stand alongside the 19 other regional businesses doing meaningful work across Australia.

This win gives us a bigger platform, and we want to use it well. We’ll keep growing the soil first, restoring habitat, growing nourishing organic produce and sharing what we learn about food, land, health and community.

Thank you for believing in us.

Read the full story — link in our bio.

#ConsciousGround #businessbuilders #byronbay #regenerativefarming #organicfarming taken in Conscious Ground by @intuitivefooddesign

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Now this is the way to eat fresh toddy palm! 🌴

A clean sugar free version to the childhood dessert I grew up with where all the ingredients came from a can!

My favourite combination of tropical fruits, fresh coconut milk and crushed ice combined with healthy fats from avocado make this such a satiating treat! It might sound weird to have avocado this way but I grew up only having it as a sweet not savoury.

The sweet variations of textures and scents from fresh papaya, jackfruit, avocado, toddy palm, dragonfruit and mangosteen doesn’t get any better!

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#tropicalfruit #coconut #toddypalm #bali #dessert taken in Bali, Indonesia by @intuitivefooddesign

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