The Kichwa culture has (or had) a deep connection to nature, and a very strong sense of community. It's something that us individualist can learn a lot from, though it is hard to understand sometimes. Much of the culture was lost, unfortunately, like so many - individualism has that flair of being better, easier. Community is hard work, individualism is not. I would love to have a couple of high beds for community gardening there. But later.
That famous Vegemite... Galen just wrote about it the other day. I think I tried it once, but apparently it didn't conquer me, as I never bought it. It's not available here, but was in Germany, though hard to find.