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Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
Tribes is a short book that explodes with big ideas. Best selling author Seth Godin argues powerful and lasting change can be best be created by a “tribe.” Godin’s premise is that top-down, un-yielding...
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Vallejo Woman Saves Thousands In Georgia
Her father had been ill. She’d bought a house for him to live in here in California. Then the downsizing began. The next purchase was an 800 sq ft 2 bedroom loft in the San Francisco Bay Area. But her...
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A Black Agriculture Secretary??
1910 was the peak year of land ownership for African Americans. Collectively, blacks own over 15 million acres of land of which 218,000 black farmers are full or part owners. A steady decline of...
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Green-Collar Jobs?
Green-Collar Jobs Provide Pathways Out of Poverty Most Green-Collar jobs are middle-skill level jobs. They require more than a high school education, but less than a four-year degree. Hence, they are...
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I haven’t Been Posting …
I haven’t been posting for a while. I got laid off in November. Thank God. (All diver’s AVOID US Xpress !) Time to re-group. I saw the country. Assessed where I could live. Small Farming … fantasy or...
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African Farm Project Is World Model
“The best way to fight poverty is to turn the poor people into active producers. Communities can only be developed by involving all the members as productive and valuable contributors.” ~ Songhai...
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Good News, and Bad News: Manufacturing Jobs Aren’t Coming Back … SO?
According to Lakshman Achuthan of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI), the U.S. Commerce Department reported today that the U.S. economy officially grew at 5.6% pace in the fourth quarter of...
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Failing Urban Cities Look To Urban Farming
I really hate to say, “I TOLD you so,” but Time just wrote a story about Detroit becoming the model for other failing American cities. From Cleveland, Ohio to Oakland, California, mayors and city...
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Food, Inc.
I strongly encourage each and everyone of you to view, “Food, Inc.” I put a copy on hold at the local public library. This video isn’t “Republican” nor “Democrat”. (As if those labels actually meant...
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100% Responsible
“What is it in me that put me in this situation to experience this?” This psychologist calls upon old spiritual concepts to change the data and memories (like Jesus who called upon us to “love our...
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Raw Sangha
Totally pumped about this new organization I found last week. Echo Roberson is either the spokesman for the group or “Raw Sangha” is his website for all these products, recipes and ideas. He takes all...
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Have we forgotten the economy …
When I listen to various “experts” discuss Geo-political economical future health, much of our problems as Americans and the problems throughout the world still comes down to the sad issue of...
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Sustainable Agriculture
Many people give up their dreams for lack of knowledge. Not only is there money out there to assist you in learning how to farm, but there’s also grant money to train you how to operate (not buy) farm...
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2013 Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference
The 2013 Black Farmers & Urban Gardeners Conference will be held Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 9:00 AM in Brooklyn, NY. The conference is presented by Black Urban Growers (BUGS), an alliance of...
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Thriving in the PRESENT Transformational Era
In this vast interconnected global time we live in, our body-minds are having difficulty keeping up with all the information and change. Robb Smith discusses the very near future complexities … who...
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Creating Your Farm Garden Life
Moving to a rural farming community is to come faced with how creative many farmers are. It’s not just the choices made in designing their lands … positioning their crops… color choices of barns and...
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My Hugelkurtur Mound is Finished!
Building the first Hugkelultur mound finally. I built it, tore it down. Gathered more material … branches, dead logs, newer branches, leaves, compost… then rebuilt it.. and then noticed it was pointing...
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Farm Reality
So I bought 10 acres in North Carolina. In a conservative county within a conservative state. Yep… a bit of, “Buyers Remorse.” Building the first Hugkelultur mound in a conservative county within a...
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This Week’s Bounty
Here’s this week’s kitchen bounty! I wasn’t able to grow all that I planted. This isn’t California. The extremes in temperature, greater irrigation needs, and proper Ph soil balance targeted at...
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Lots of Opportunity
“Every problem is an opportunity in work clothes.” ~ Henry J. Kaiser. Yes, I keep repeating it. Facebook is a storehouse of complaints. We become addicted to our complaints and dramas. Me too. Instead...
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