Non Profit BEET “talk” will emerge. But first, the background.
I talk about it each Saturday, so it’s probably no surprise to you that this past Saturday we picked up the weekly goods from our local Farmer’s Market yet again!
Farmer's Market Fresh Produce
All of this fresh, healthy and locally-grown food for $19.75! This goes far for Ryan and I, and I’m able to allow my foodie creativity to run wild while sticking to pure, mostly organic and simple ingredients.
We are fortunate to have this. We are blessed to be able to indulge in a local Farmer’s Market, and to continuously provide our bodies exactly what they need.
This comes with the realization that not everyone in the United States (or clearly the world) is this fortunate.
Later that day, Ryan and I got into a conversation about groups of people who begin a crop of some sort and then “trade” with each other. For example, Bob grows corn. Billy grows peas. And Mary grows tomatoes. Each week, Bob goes to pick some peas from Billy and tomatoes from Mary. It’s a real life “food swap.”
Ryan took this concept another step further. He said (from our hypothetical situation above), “What if you had a large piece of land per community and Bob, Billy and Mary all came there to plant, grow and bear food?” At this point, Bob, Billy and Mary are all volunteers. They volunteer to keep up with their crops as needed. When the food was ready to be eaten, it would be donated to the needy. There are starving men, women and children in every community. Some are homeless; some just have a pan and macaroni to work with each day. This is just one, simple way we could help them find a better life, with better-quality food and perhaps the nourishment that they need to continue onwards and upwards.
We envision Non Profit BEET to look like this:
BEET
One person buys the land. Then, Billy, Bob and Mary plant their crop on it and do this out of the kindness of their hearts.
I researched this a little for the East Bay of California. There is a similar concept: City Slicker Farms in Oakland, CA.
For now, for today – this is as far as the idea goes. More thoughts and development underway because there is so much that could “stem” from this!
One more thing, you are probably wondering, “Why BEET?” Eventually it will be an acronym I’m sure. For now, it’s because:
- BEETS are one of the World’s Healthiest Foods.
- There’s more to beating hunger than just beating alone; healthy foods heal. Time to BEET it all!
So what do YOU think. Could this work? Would this have an impact on people?
If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one. – Mother Teresa
