LO LAI LAI NATALIE
In Hong Kong’s late spring, I hopped onto bus 64K, the only one that connects both sides of the suburban New Territories. The vehicle was crowded with villagers returning home with their groceries, and the warm air made me drowsy as I watched the trees and cottages of Yuen Long go by.
When I disembarked at the stop of the village Tse Uk Tsuen, video artist and farmer Lo Lai Lai Natalie was waiting for me next to a mailbox, wearing a green t-shirt and a straw hat with a huge canvas tote bag slung loosely on her shoulder. She led me down a narrow path through a cluster of houses, and across plots of corn, tomatoes, and cabbages, towards Sangwoodgoon (Cantonese for “House of Life”), an organic farm operated by a
