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It struck me just now, although it is pretty obvious really, how central growing food is, to every other issue of social development that we face, from war and terrorism, to land use, to well, everything.



It is a matter of scarce resources in a way. Everyone needs to eat. People who have food handy have one less thing to worry about, and one more tool with which to accomplish their goals. People who do not, for whatever reason, must choose their of course of action carefully because… Continue

I have been looking at everyone's ideas, it seems there are many ideas and plans for some pretty awesome stuff.



I confess I get ideas. Sometimes I even go so far as to plan them out. Some of them are even ideas to help people in my area.



One idea I had and spent a lot of time thinking about last year was to make a community food trade forum. Basically, I was thinking about how most of the people I know have some pretty specific resources, often beyond their needs, similarly,… Continue

When Alchemy calls me, where will I be? How will I be in a position to help? It is pretty hard to say; my life is on no particular trajectory right now, except that I want to maybe have kids at some point in the next ten years. But, if I start in the future and examine my path, maybe I can piece it together.



I know that Alchemy has called me as a social innovator to help solve a food crisis. So... what kind of social innovation am I likely to be involved in? Currently, I have studied… Continue

My favorite of the secrets was Paul Polaks tenth secret: work to practical, three-year plans. I am a big fan of plans. Plans are the intermediate step between an idea and reality, or between the present and the future. Plans are in my opinion where your idea gets life and substance. It is where you extrapolate what you want to have happen into what you need to do to get there. With a good enough plan almost anyone can do almost anything I think.



I also like what Paul says a plan needs:… Continue