EP. 21: Haiqal’s Garden - Indonesian vegetables in South Philly

Seeds And Their People

In the first week of June 2023, I finally visited Haiqal's Garden in South Philadelphia to speak with Hani White and Syarif Syaifulloh about their beloved Indonesian food plants, food culture, and life stories. We met five years ago at Sky Cafe, an Indonesian restaurant where Hani curated a storied vegetarian meal for our group, and then took us a few doors down to Hung Vuong, an Asian grocery store where she gave us a tour of her favorite vegetables from Indonesia. Since then, her family has visited our Truelove Seeds farm, traded seeds and plants with us, and helped us identify one of the plants we purchased at the Cambodian market in FDR Park: Kenikir or Ulam Raja! Finally, our son Bryan wanted to ask their son Haiqal some questions after reading the children's book featuring him and his dad - so he did! Listen to the end to hear their back and forth.

SEED STORIES TOLD IN THIS EPISODE:

• Kangkung, Water Spinach
• Cayenne Pepper, Sambal
• Red Spinach, Red Amaranth, Pink Soup
• Lime Leaves
• Kenikir, Ulam Raja, King's Salad
• Lemongrass
• Moringa
• Banana
• Bitter Melon
• Lily
• Persimmon
• Kale
• Beetroot
• Grape leaves
• Honey Fig
• Purple Long Bean (coming soon!)

MORE INFO FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Haiqal's Garden (Facebook)
• Haiqal's Garden (Children's Book)
• Morning Circle Media
• Hardena Restaurant
• Mural featuring Haiqal's Garden (top right) on Hardena Restaurant
• Sky Cafe
• Hung Vuong Food Market

ABOUT:

Seeds And Their People is a radio show where we feature seed stories told by the people who truly love them. Hosted by Owen Taylor of Truelove Seeds and Chris Bolden-Newsome of Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram’s Garden.

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THANKS TO:

• Syarif Syaifulloh, Hani White, and Haiqal Syaifulloh
• Ruth Kaaserer
• Lacey Walker :)