I am a country woman. I grew up on an island in the Hauraki Gulf, in New Zealand. My family were hunter-gatherers. We were cash poor, and lived off the land. We gathered mushrooms and blackberries. Caught fish and crayfish. Picked oysters and mussels from the rocks. Our father hunted rabbits. I did feel sorry for the rabbits, but for many years rabbit was the only meat we ate. Dad grew all our vegetables and the property we rented had…..