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Vision 2020 with 20/20 vision
I can't believe 10 years have already passed since I started my first greenhouse. It is March 2020 and I am sitting on the porch at my farm having a baraza (meeting) with my neighbours who are fellow farmers.
Just 10 years ago we did not know each other. Now we are not just neighbours, we are also friends living true to the african proverb "to go quickly go alone, to go far go together".
We came together 10 years ago to share ideas on how we can work together to discuss how much the city was encroaching onto our farmlands due to rapid growth of urban population. Many of our neighbours had already sold thier property much of which was being converted to shopping malls and apartment blocks i.e more people, less green spaces.
We mapped out a "rules of engagement" for those of us who had been left standing. 10 years later we are drinking freshly squeezed passon fruit juice with a lovely garden salad. We have set up drip irrigated greenhouses where we grow tomatoes, colored bell peppers, sweet melon, lettuce, passion fruit and various herbs. We use water harvesting techniques and organic manure. 7 years ago, we started fish farming and now grow tilapia and trout. We sell our produce at farmers markets nationwide.
We have "gone far together" and when Alchemy calls, this baraza is ready to help Tokyo tackle its food crisis.
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Comment by John D. Boyden on March 17, 2010 at 6:06pm
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social movements begin this way :) +1 vision
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Comment by Hayden Darrell Linder on March 19, 2010 at 8:24pm
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PanAmericana, John is probably doing what I am doing and going through all of Shakwei's posts to be sure I've read them.
I for one saved the link you posted and do plan on getting into it once I'm done in these forums. But attacking John will not help here. It will get out of hand and the moderators will come in and kick whoever, to include you, caused the issue to get out of hand and we will have lost your input for the remainder of our time on these forums.
I for one think that would be our loss but if you can't stay in a "teamwork" state of mind then I could be wrong.
Good post on the link.
- Agent Shakwei - I like your vision a lot better than my squirrel casserole vision.
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Comment by Massive Attack on March 21, 2010 at 7:01pm
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Sounds like an awesome place to be!
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Comment by Benjamin H on March 29, 2010 at 3:27pm
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+1 Courage: It's easy to sell out for money. Kudos for putting together a vision that involves sticking together and making something work.
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