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Mel Bartholomew - Introducing Square Foot Gardening

Healthy Growing | Indiegogo

Healthy Growing | Indiegogo Once upon a time there lived a Chief Grower... My name is Bryan Jersky and I am the CEO of Healthy Planet US - my goal is to help create a new generation of conscious eaters. This is our story. After obtaining my MSW in Nonprofit Management and running programs for military fathers, two very important events occurred: The obesity epidemic hit mainstream America I started to cook, often The more I cooked, the more I learned about what I was eating. During this process of discovery, I realized how scary our food system was becoming -- obesity, processed foods, farm subsidies, genetically modified foods. I knew right away that something needed to be done, that we needed to reverse the statistic that says 1/3 of children are obese and developing diabetes in the U.S. I became involved in food policy in San Diego and shortly after, my wife and I moved to London. I worked there at city farms and food advocacy organizations such as Slow Food

▶ Making the Connection - Why Vegan?

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▶ Making the Connection - Why Vegan? PART 1 ( WATCH ME) - YouTube

▶ Energime University Pitch - YouTube

A dedicated and passionate group of the world's foremost scientists, educators, and technology leaders in the sustainability movement have come together to create the first global education platform built to empower our population with the skills, training, and knowledge required to re-establish a balance between our resource management and our fragile environment. Energime University will teach everything there is to know about the production and sustainable management of our energy, food, water, and waste resources. Energime University (Saving the Planet 101) We need your help. A dedicated and passionate group of some of the world’s foremost scientists and educators have come together for a special purpose. Together, they are attempting to bring structure to an global effort that governments and humanitarian /environmental groups around the world have failed to accomplish. Energime University is embarking on a quest to educate and provide the empowering skills t

Get PIST with Grist!

Thunderclap: Get PIST with Grist! Today's climate change headlines got you down? Don't worry, there's always tomorrow! Join People in Support of Tomorrow -- or P.I.S.T.! We're people just like you, who want to ensure our future and protect the planet from becoming a desolate, fiery wasteland. Grist needs YOUR HELP to gather 250 People that are in Support of Tomorrow by August 22nd in order to make this Thunderclap a success and earn a $15,000 grant .

The Future of Meat is Vegan, Says Bill Gates

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Future of Food Ever since retiring from Microsoft, Billionaire Bill Gates has been philanthropically involved with various humanitarian causes. Feeding the world is one of them. His heart is in the right place, although some of the directions taken are controversial. Recently, Gates published a thoughtful multimedia essay on his website, entitled The Future of Food – How food scientists are reinventing meat – and how it can benefit everyone. The underlying thesis: world demand for meat is doubling every few decades…the earth cannot sustain this growth…we need a solution…the solution is tech to transform plant proteins into meat equivalents…the end result should be satisfactory to the most nuanced chefs. Global Demand for Meat A company highly touted in the piece is Beyond Meat , whose products are available for sale at Whole Foods Market. Take, for example, their vegan “ Grilled Chicken-Free Strips ” product. The protein base is soy and peas. As you can see from the in