May each of us add more than we take in our own lifetime.
Overcoming their physical challenges, an armless man and his blind best friend take action in preserving their environment by planting a forest of more than 10,000 trees in rural China. Like a classic fable, this inspirational story goes beyond pollution, climate control and Mother Nature; it’s an epic story that proves anyone and everyone can make a real difference in the world. Here is a direct video link.
Danielle was a guest on The Financial Survival Network with Kerry Lutz, talking about recent developments in the world economy and markets. You can listen to an audio clip of the segment here.
More horizontal farm to table distribution cuts out big-food (big-carbon) conglomerates, and bank transaction fees, to bring crazy-cheap, fresher fruits and veggies, directly to households from producers who earn more and can afford to cultivate sustainable biodiversity in their crop rotation. No brainer. It’s not that the world cannot feed its population, its that we cannot do it using the dominant big-food (big waste) business models. See: Why fruits and veggies are so crazy cheap in Chinatown:
Rather than contracting with large, industrial farms, it turns out, Chinatown’s wholesalers often buy from small, family farms specializing in Asian vegetables, including backyard “home gardens” in south Florida, and oxen-plowed plots in central Honduras.
Ms. Imbruce knows shoppers often equate low prices with exploitation, but that isn’t what she saw on the more than 75 farms she visited. The farmers, she said, were pleased to be growing for the Chinatown wholesalers because they could cultivate an array of crops, leading to economic and agronomic stability.
“Some said it was the best situation they’d had in a long time,” she said.
