![]() ![]() Due to cultural issues in Afghanistan, Salik had to do it secretly. After completing his internship, Salik returned home to Kabul and worked diligently to get gardens started for villagers, especially women and children. Salik left his family in Afghanistan for a six-month internship at the Golden Rule Garden with the hopes of providing for his country and improving his community. Interns return home with hopes and dreams for bettering the future of their families, villages and countries, many of which are riddled with war and famine. Biointensive gardening is sustainable mini-farming agricultural method which allows families to raise enough food to feed themselves on a very small plot. The Golden Rule Garden accepts interns from across the globe, through the Ecology Action Program, to learn and study the Biointensive method. Salik, Horticulture Coordinator at the Ministry of Agriculture in Afghanistan, was murdered in Kabul shortly after announcing the World Bank was offering $120 million to fund a six-year agriculture project in Afghanistan “He gave the announcement on Saturday and was dead by Monday,” said Bartholomew solemnly. ![]() As Bartholomew relayed stories of Salik”s fun, playful, and at times mischievous nature, she fought back tears. Through their time working in the ranch gardens together Salik and Golden Rule Garden Manager Ellen Bartholomew formed a strong bond and found a wonderful new friendship. Salik left behind a wife and five children. Naqibullah Salik spent six months in the Willits area, learning the Biointensive gardening method to take back to his homeland. Sad news arrived last month to Golden Rule Gardens at the Ridgewood Ranch when they learned a former intern was murdered in Afghanistan for helping teach others how to grow their own food.
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