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Dachniks

FROM BOOK ONE (from the new version that came out in April 2007)

The word ‘dachnik’ refers to Russian people who have been given a cottage and approximately 600 square meters of land (a dacha plot) for free from the Russian government. Dachas can be in the forest, on farmland or any other open land. Normally the dachniks will grow most or all of the family’s fruits and vegetables for the year on these dacha plots. We can think of the Russian dachniks like “loving gardeners”.

According to book one 35 million families (approximately 70% of Russia’s population) have acquired dacha plots. Over 90% of Russia’s potatoes come from dacha plots. (pp xi)

Anastasia says many new opportunities could open up for people who communicate with plants.

The dachniks have managed to save the whole nation (Russia) from famine, sow the seeds of good in people’s hearts, and are educating the society of the future.

Anastasia tells Vladimir that the society he is living in can learn a lot about communication with plants from the dachniks and their dacha plots. The dachas know every plant personally in their garden. They feel better and act kinder when they are in working in their gardens. They live longer and are healthier. It is the dachniks who can show us the path towards becoming aware of how destructive the technocratic path can be. (pp 73)