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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Africa’s Moringa Revolution: A Plant Phenomenon to Fight Malnutrition
Africa’s Moringa Revolution: A Plant Phenomenon to Fight Malnutrition
Pastor Joseph Brenyah knows moringa well. In 2008, he initiated that Productive Agricultural Linkages and Market Systems (PALMS)program in response to perceived needs by some Ghanaian women’s groups for agricultural advice and assistance. PALMS teaches women to use modern farming technologies and grow moringa in a sustainable manner.
Moringa is nothing short of a miracle plant. Drought-resistant and capable of growing quickly in a wide variety of poor soils, much of the plant is edible by both humans and livestock.
The leaves have more betacarotene than carrots, more protein than peas, more vitamin C than oranges, more calcium than milk, more iron than spinach, and as much potassium as bananas. The seeds can be eaten like a peanut, or used to create oil. With all of its valuable properties, moringa is being touted as a means to combat malnutrition and poverty in the developing world.
Pastor Joseph Brenyah knows moringa well. In 2008, he initiated that Productive Agricultural Linkages and Market Systems (PALMS)program in response to perceived needs by some Ghanaian women’s groups for agricultural advice and assistance. PALMS teaches women to use modern farming technologies and grow moringa in a sustainable manner.
Monday, February 07, 2011
GRAVITY FREE!
GRAVITY FREE is a truly unique design conference: Unlike single discipline conferences, GRAVITY FREE is a celebration of multidisciplinary design innovation. Each year we bring together world-class designers from an eclectic mix of design disciplines and — shazam — magic connections are made, electricity is produced, ideas are cross-fertilized, inspiration follows. Speakers are the most remarkable designers on the planet. Attendees are designers hungry for thought-provoking ideas and solutions found outside their normal frame of reference. Experts on creativity call this cross-pollination of unrelated ideas the new path to innovation. Apple legend Steve Jobs calls it "connecting the dots." Past speaker and Emmy winning film title and experiential designer Karin Fong, calls GRAVITY FREE "The search engine for design excellence." And Jonathan Alger, past president of The Society of Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD), says this unique confluence of ideas from different disciplines makes GRAVITY FREE "the perfect design conference for the 21st century.
| If you like your inspiration up close, multidisciplinary and personal, help spread the word about GRAVITY FREE. Share this site with a friend (www.GravityFreeDesign.com). Sign up for updates. And mark your calendar for our next event, GRAVITY FREE: 2011. Lee Knight Chief Instigator Learn more about GRAVITY FREE from past attendees and speakers GRAVITY FREE: ADVISORS the GRAVITY FREE experience both relevant and inspiring to the curious. For that I owe them a lot. - Lee Knight, Chief Instigator
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