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We are so EXCITED to announce our new seed starter kit just arrived! It is a Park Seed brand kit that includes organic plugs for the tray as well as a heated mat for cooler rooms and to stabalize the temperature within the dome. This will make our seed starting process much smoother and can further our vision one more step!
Thanks for sharing in the fun and the vision. Continue having a great (but safe) weekend!
Here at AgriDome Community Farms we care about your health and happiness but probably most importantly the health and happiness of your children. The following is a wonderful article by Dr. Mercola about the mostly unheard of benefits of breast feeding.
The taped interview by Dr. Mercola with Dr. Boyd is just below, followed by the full length article via www.mercola.com
By Dr. Mercola:
A topic rarely discussed, yet phenomenally important, relates to the food children and babies are fed, and the way in which they are weaned. This can have a profound impact on your child’s future dental and physical health.
Dr. Kevin Boyd is an attending dentist at Lurie Children’s (formerly Children’s Memorial) Hospital, the leading pediatric institution in Chicago area. Incidentally, this is where I did some training as a resident. It’s a phenomenal training hospital associated with Northwestern University.
He’s also trained in nutritional biochemistry, and serves on a board with Joy Moeller who is the leader in the United States for oral myofunctional therapy.
Dr. Boyd’s interest in diet, health and dental health began during a stint in an experimental Peace Corps volunteer program in Honduras, where kids suffered terrible dental decay.
“[S]ugar cane is the abundant crop there. The kids start eating it at birth, and their front teeth rot out,” he says.
He eventually obtained a master’s degree in nutritional biochemistry and did his research in the area of unhealthy eating as it affects bodyweight and susceptibility to diabetes and tooth decay. After that, he entered dental school.
Weight Gain and Cavities Have the Identical Root Cause
As Dr. Boyd explains, the foods that cause weight gain are the same foods that cause tooth decay—primarily simple carbohydrates. This realization led him to investigate ultimate causes versus approximate causes, meaning the evolutionary significance of diet and tooth decay. He’s now pursuing a Ph.D. in anthropology and evolutionary medicine, looking at historical patterns of Westernization of the food supply and how it impacted internal and oral disease.
“To suggest that this epidemic of tooth decay is because of poor brushing is not sound from an evolutionary perspective,” he says. “It’s not evidence-based. It’s important to brush. But plaque – the stuff that forms on the teeth after you eat – from food residue is not intrinsically acid-producing. It doesn’t produce gum disease. It doesn’t produce tooth decay unless it becomes activated.”
What activates it are simple carbohydrates – starches and sugars – that are not conjugated to its native fiber. All sugars in nature, such as the fructose in fruits, are conjugated to fiber, which actually provides mechanical cleansing of teeth.
“I think brushing is important, but not activating plaque with simple sugars is more important,” he says.
Introducing alkalinity in the form of baking soda can also help decrease the acid level in your mouth at the tooth and gum surface, which can help prevent plaque formation. I can personally attest to the effectiveness of brushing and flossing with baking soda.
This is something I learned from Dr. Tim Rainey, who is a pioneer in biological dentistry. Despite eating healthy for well over a decade, I was still having problems with persistent plaque formation.
I noticed a significant change after introducing fermented vegetables (which provide me with tens of trillions of beneficial bacteria or probiotics each day) but what really made the difference was adding baking soda irrigation to my daily regimen. I follow this with coconut oil pulling as it puts a protective coat back on the teeth that the baking soda irrigation tends to remove.
The Vital Importance of Baby-Led Weaning
The Ph.D. dissertation Dr. Boyd hopes to pursue would compare modern Westernized infant and early childhood feeding regimens with what he calls “ancestral-type infant and early childhood feeding regimens.” Fossil records show that up until the last 300 years or so, babies were more or less exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. Interestingly enough, this can actually be determined from fossilized teeth.
“You can tell when a baby stops breastfeeding in a 30,000-year-old tooth. We can analyze it,” Dr. Boyd explains. “There’s something called the natal line. That shows when the baby just came into the world and stopped feeding off of the placenta. And then we can tell when they are starting to wean and completely weaned just by looking at teeth and bones.”
The reason you’ve likely never heard of this from your doctor or dentist is because it’s not taught in dental or medical schools. Anthropologists, however, have known this for decades.
“Dental schools need to have evolutionary biologists on their teaching staff. They just do,” he says. “My whole mission – I’m dedicating the rest of my career to this – is to integrate this into dental education in dentistry. I call it evolutionary oral medicine or Darwinian dentistry.”
An ancestral-type infant and early childhood feeding regimen is defined by six months of exclusive breastfeeding, after which the child undergoes a period of weaning. This weaning period includes breastfeeding on demand, combined with the gradual introduction of regular foods, via a process now referred to as “baby-led weaning.” This type of feeding schedule is what the human genome was adapted to.
Modern-day baby-led weaning has been popularized by one of Dr. Boyd’s anthropology colleagues, Gill Rapley in England, and includes premasticating regular whole foods in lieu of serving processed baby foods. Dr. Boyd explains:
“It’s called kiss feeding. Modern-day hunter-gatherers (there’s not many of them left, but some aboriginal cultures still do these practices) will pre-chew the food like a bird does and spit it into the child’s mouth. It sounds gross, but it’s actually not. It’s quite wonderful.
...Usually, by seven-, eight-, and certainly nine-months-old – even though a child didn’t have that many, if any, teeth – they were chewing with their gums everything that anyone in the tribe was chewing. Certainly by a year old, there was no difference in what a child ate. That would continue into the third year of life. Children are typically breastfed on demand while weaning on to firm, regular foods into the third year of life and sometimes beyond. That’s consistent throughout the human history.”
This natural process actually trains the child’s tongue to position itself upward and forward, and to lateralize toward the sides of the jaws. When your tongue pushes upwards and forward, it expands the palate in the middle, which allows your palate and jaw to settle into the anatomically correct positions.
As a result of this ancestral-type of feeding, which allows the oral cavity to develop naturally and properly, our ancestors were not plagued with crooked teeth and poorly aligned jaws. The anthropological evidence shows that such problems really didn’t arise until about 350 years ago. At present, an estimated 92 percent or more of all Westernized people have some degree of malocclusion, such as crowding of the teeth, narrowing of the jaws, or both. (This is where Joy Moeller’s oral myofunctional training comes in—her protocol helps correct the oral defects and misalignments created by modern feeding.)
This has ramifications for breathing and sleeping, which in turn can lead to what we’ve now dubbed “attention deficit disorder.”
“We now know that snoring children and children that don’t get a good-quality –good REM sleep – are far more susceptible to having behavioral and brain dysfunction like ADD,” Dr. Boyd says. “Giving a stimulant to a child for ADD is not the right thing to do for a child who needs better sleep. Sometimes just changing the architecture of their jaws early in life (I’m not saying that’s the only thing), getting them myofunctional training, and getting them to chew harder, fresher, more nutritious foods can preclude all kinds of problems that we’re throwing drugs at right now.”
How Breastfeeding Promotes Proper Oral Development
When a child is fed the way he was genetically designed to be fed, it stimulates the structure of the mouth and facial bones to develop in an optimal way. This begins with exclusive breastfeeding, ideally for the first six months. However, if you cannot breastfeed, for whatever reason, there are alternatives that can mimic the stimulus created by breastfeeding, which will promote proper formation of your child’s oral cavity.
According to Dr. Boyd, baby bottles are NOT the way to go if you cannot breastfeed. Instead, feeding your child from a cup is much better. Not a lidded sippy cup, however, but an unlidded cup with a small cutout.
“Panera Bread’s little kid cups can be easily modified. I tell parents to go to Panera Bread and ask for their little cups. You can just cut out a little mouth piece on it. You just cut a little loop in it, a little arc.”
Dr. Boyd Supplying an Image/Illustration?
This may surprise many, but baby bottles actually do not mimic the natural suction a baby exerts on the breast. Baby bottles were created under the mistaken belief that babies deform the mother’s nipple, elongating it all the way back to the soft palate. This is why baby bottle nipples are designed the way they are. It was also assumed that babies massage the milk via a peristaltic wave motion, pressing the nipple up against the roof of the mouth. Alas, all of these assumptions have been solidly disproven by Dr. Donna Geddes.
“You can go on a website called Bumpology, and hit Ultrasound Breastfeeding. Donna put an ultrasound probe underneath the mother’s breast while she was breastfeeding and totally disproved the assumption that babies elongated nipple back to the gag reflex and massage it against the mid-palatal suture. That isn’t what happens,” Dr. Boyd says.
Instead, what really happens is that a vacuum is created when the middle of the baby’s tongue comes down, which helps express milk from the breast. Next, the forward part of the baby’s tongue pushes the mother’s nipple inside, right behind the two front teeth. This motion explains why ancestral feeding widens the jaw, and pushes both the upper and lower jaws forward. It also pushes the cheekbones in the mid-face forward.
“It’s like a piston that pushes out on the mid-face. There’s an incisive suture that goes all the way up to your nose that pushes the whole mid-face forward,” he explains.
How to Do Baby-Led Weaning
First of all, babies should not be given any solid food, including pureed baby food, until they are able to sit up on their own. This typically occurs around six months, which coincides with when our ancestors stopped exclusive breastfeeding. Dr. Boyd also advises parents to wait to introduce solid foods until your baby can grasp them. This is because the ability to firmly grasp something in their hand coincides with the development of the gag reflex, which is nature’s way of making sure your baby will not choke on the food. (Naturally, you still must observe and supervise your baby while she’s eating on her own.)
That said, even before your baby can sit up on her own, you should let her lick, smell, see and touch real food in order to get used to it.
“Because they’re born with a visceral suck-swallow, they think Gerber baby food puree is thick milk, and they’re going to try to suck it. And that’s where the deviant tongue-swallowing pattern starts,” Dr. Boyd says. “They’re not being allowed to transition from a visceral, hardwired suck-swallow to a more mature, lateralizing chew-swallow. That’s what baby-led weaning along with breastfeeding do. It teaches the tongue how to transition from an infantile, immature suck-swallow to a mature chew-swallow.
Then, by six- to seven-months-old, in that first month, you can chop fresh foods up. Let your baby pick them up and make a mess on their tray. Let them hold the food to their mouth. Let them pick up things that are big, you know, carrots. They can gnaw on it.”
For those who want to incorporate “kiss feeding,” you can either premasticate, meaning pre-chew, the food before giving it to your baby, or you can buy what’s called a “mesh feeder”—a net bag into which you place chopped up fresh foods, which then turns into a puree as your baby chews on the mesh bag. This way, your baby gets the benefit of the challenge to his jaws. This also provides the proper tongue training. Once pureed, you can empty the contents out onto a plate and allow your baby to feed himself with his hands.
“Gradually, making the foods a little more course, a little less chopped, until really, certainly by 10, 11, to 12 months for sure, a child should be eating everything that the adults are eating,” Dr. Boyd says.
Five Recommendations to Optimize Your Baby’s Oral Health
The top five recommendations issued by Dr. Boyd to promote oral health in your child are:
Find a pediatric dentist by age one, and get checkups at least twice to three times per year. Establish healthy eating habits, based on whole foods and no or low sugar. If your child does not eat sugar, his teeth will not decay, even if he does not brush religiously. During infancy, make sure to only feed your child breast milk during the night. If they get any other type of commercial carbohydrate (most infant formulas are actually loaded with sugar), breast milk can become toxic to the teeth.
“If it’s just breast milk, lactoferrin kills the bacteria that cause tooth decay,” Dr. Boyd explains. “As soon as you can get your children to where they don’t have to breastfeed through the night, they’re less risky of getting decay. But as long as it’s just breast milk, don’t worry about it.”
Brush teeth three times a day. Ideally, you’ll want to start massaging your child’s gums before his teeth erupt, using either your finger, a Q-tip, or a square of gauze.
When your child starts to show teeth around six or seven months, you can start brushing them with a baby toothbrush. The night time brushing is the most important one. The morning and midday brushing, you can let your child do on her own. “If they can hold the toothbrush, they’re going to do enough,” Dr. Boyd says.
Children typically will not need to floss until the age of about three or four years old, when the spaces between the teeth begin to tighten. Drink pure water as the primary beverage, and If drinking juice, eat a whole piece of fruit along with it (so if drinking four ounces of orange juice, eat eight slices of orange). This way, your child gets the fiber of the fruit, which slows down absorption, and helps to mechanically clean his teeth. Then rinse the mouth with water afterward. Personally, I would advise against drinking any juice. Just provide your child with fresh fruit.
Work with Genetic Adaptation Rather Than Against It...
It’s quite clear that following a feeding program that includes breastfeeding (or using cup feeding in lieu of bottle feeding) and baby-led weaning can have a tremendously beneficial impact on your child’s future development; from allowing natural tongue, jaw and facial development to occur, to promoting better dental health, to avoiding common problems like snoring, mouth-breathing and sleeping problems that can contribute to behavioral and learning disabilities.
All it takes are minor modifications, such as ditching the baby bottle for a modified lidless feeding cup, and using “kiss feeding” or a mesh feeder instead of processed baby food.
To learn more about Dr. Boyd’s work, check out his website at dentistry4children.net. For more information about baby-led weaning, Dr. Boyd recommends the book Baby-Led Weaning, by Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett. You can also learn more on babyledweaning.com.
Article courtesy of Science Blog Though marijuana is a well-known recreational drug, extensive scientific research has been conducted on the therapeutic properties of marijuana in the last decade.
Medical cannabis is often used by sufferers of chronic ailments, including cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder, to combat pain, insomnia, lack of appetite, and other symptoms.
Now Prof. Yosef Sarne of Tel Aviv University’s Adelson Center for the Biology of Addictive Diseases at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine says that the drug has neuroprotective qualities as well. He has found that extremely low doses of THC — the psychoactive component of marijuana — protects the brain from long-term cognitive damage in the wake of injury from hypoxia (lack of oxygen), seizures, or toxic drugs. Brain damage can have consequences ranging from mild cognitive deficits to severe neurological damage.
Previous studies focused on injecting high doses of THC within a very short time frame — approximately 30 minutes — before or after injury. Prof. Sarne’s current research, published in the journals Behavioural Brain Research and Experimental Brain Research, demonstrates that even extremely low doses of THC — around 1,000 to 10,000 times less than that in a conventional marijuana cigarette — administered over a wide window of 1 to 7 days before or 1 to 3 days after injury can jumpstart biochemical processes which protect brain cells and preserve cognitive function over time.
This treatment, especially in light of the long time frame for administration and the low dosage, could be applicable to many cases of brain injury and be safer over time, Prof. Sarne says.
Conditioning the brain
While performing experiments on the biology of cannabis, Prof. Sarne and his fellow researchers discovered that low doses of the drug had a big impact on cell signalling, preventing cell death and promoting growth factors. This finding led to a series of experiments designed to test the neuroprotective ability of THC in response to various brain injuries.
In the lab, the researchers injected mice with a single low dose of THC either before or after exposing them to brain trauma. A control group of mice sustained brain injury but did not receive the THC treatment. When the mice were examined 3 to 7 weeks after initial injury, recipients of the THC treatment performed better in behavioral tests measuring learning and memory. Additionally, biochemical studies showed heightened amounts of neuroprotective chemicals in the treatment group compared to the control group.
The use of THC can prevent long-term cognitive damage that results from brain injury, the researchers conclude. One explanation for this effect is pre- and post-conditioning, whereby the drug causes minute damage to the brain to build resistance and trigger protective measures in the face of much more severe injury, explains Prof. Sarne. The low dosage of THC is crucial to initiating this process without causing too much initial damage.
Preventative and long-term use According to Prof. Sarne, there are several practical benefits to this treatment plan. Due to the long therapeutic time window, this treatment can be used not only to treat injury after the fact, but also to prevent injury that might occur in the future. For example, cardiopulmonary heart-lung machines used in open heart surgery carry the risk of interrupting the blood supply to the brain, and the drug can be delivered beforehand as a preventive measure. In addition, the low dosage makes it safe for regular use in patients at constant risk of brain injury, such as epileptics or people at a high risk of heart attack.
Prof. Sarne is now working in collaboration with Prof. Edith Hochhauser of the Rabin Medical Center to test the ability of low doses of THC to prevent damage to the heart. Preliminary results indicate that they will find the same protective phenomenon in relation to cardiac ischemia, in which the heart muscle receives insufficient blood flow.
This article is brought to you via the above link with some original added content. Sir Alexander Fleming discovered the antibacterial power of the mold Penicillium notatum in 1928. Even though it was a natural healing agent effective in destroying Staphylococcus aureus and other noxious bacteria, the pharmaceutical industry got hold of nature's bounty and it became -- along with multiple other Big Pharma inventions -- the nightmare of modern antibiotics, causing as many problems for mankind as they were supposed to help. Because of the overuse of antibiotics, super-bugs have developed that are resistant to all but the most powerful drugs, whose side effects are often dangerous.
In nature's infinite wisdom, several other highly effective substances exist with antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties, all able to protect the human body safely and with deep healing powers. You don't have to go much farther than the refrigerator or your pantry cupboard to find safe, delicious foods and herbs to eradicate the most virulent bacteria and viruses.
Garlic
Garlic has been used worldwide for thousands of years for medicinal purposes. This wonder plant treats everything from a simple earache to pneumonia, the bacteria MRSA (Staphylococcus aureus), Helicobacter pylori, the flu and even the black plague. Contemporary research has confirmed that garlic possesses numerous antioxidants that kill bacteria and free radicals in the blood protecting the immune system and making it stronger. Garlic's active ingredient allicin can also attack and destroy a variety of viruses -- unlike modern antibiotics -- as well as fungal infections, such as candida. Taking garlic supplements such as garlic pills and garlic oil capsules as a prophylactic may help to protect against various pathogens and prevent the onset of disease.
When taking garlic supplements it is best to take with a full glass of water which allows the active sulfur compound allicin to break down more in the lower stomach where it can be more readily absorbed into the lymphatic system and then continues to circulate throughout the body as opposed to being over neutralized by acids. You can also set the tablets into a glass of water for 15 minutes to an hour before taking which will deliver the antibiotic compounds into the systems of the body more readily as the garlic has had time to dissolve into the water. This will give you a little garlic taste but is a great way to take your supplement if you can handle the garlic smell and taste. Find out more about garlic here. Echinacea
Echinacea has been used for hundreds of years to strengthen the immune system and fight a variety of infections. Traditionally, echinacea was used to treat open wounds, diptheria, cellulitis, blood poisoning, syphilitic lesions and other bacterial-related diseases. Although it's mostly used today for fighting colds and flu, this potent herb possesses the ability to destroy the most virulent bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus which causes deadly MRSA.
Echinacea's powerful compounds include interferon and interleukin both of which boost the immune system allowing our bodies to fight disease. Echinacea can be found in numerous forms: herbal teas, drops and supplement pills or capsules. Be cautioned that this herb should be used for a specified amount of time and is not to be used with systematic and auto-immune disorders such as lupus and tuberculosis. Use with HIV/AIDS is controversial and should be researched first. Find out more about Echinacea here and here
Colloidal Silver
The germicidal and antibacterial properties of colloidal silver were discovered almost a century ago. Numerous clinical cases and anecdotal evidence provides us with the knowledge of the power of colloidal silver to kill bacteria, fungal infections and viruses. Even though the FDA has tried to discredit the efficacy of this important healing substance, the effects of colloidal silver in the treatment of bacterial diseases such as MRSA, topical wounds, sores and infections speaks for itself.
Stated in a fantastic article debunking some of the pharmaceutical fears on Dr. Mercola's site:
"When purchasing colloidal silver, it’s very important to avoid silver
protein formulas. True colloidal silver seems to be the most
recommended, but ionic silver could probably also be used. In the
featured study, they used ionic silver (Ag) in a silver nitrate salt
(AgNO3), which, again, was found to be quite non-toxic in animals and
human cell cultures. Substantial antimicrobial activity was found at 30
microns (μM) against E. coli. If you take ionic silver products
according to the manufacturer’s recommended dosage, ionic silver will
not cause argyria. That said, since there are potential health risks
involved if you select the wrong formula, I recommend you use colloidal silver only
under the guidance and supervision of a qualified alternative health
practitioner who can help you select a high-quality product".
Pau D'Arco
Pau d'Arco is an herb native to South America whose active ingredient lapachol, has been found to relieve a wide range of infections include those initiated by bacteria, viruses and fungus. Studies suggest that Pau d'arco may also have cancer-fighting properties, although more research is needed. Pau d'arco was used by the Indians of South America to strengthen the immune system and fight life-threatening diseases. It's best consumed as a tea or decoction.
Pao d'Arco's active ingredients include quinones which involve the transfer of hydrogen and electrons and lapachol which is found in the inner bark of the tree. Find out more about this powerful, lesser known herbal remedy here.
Manuka Honey
The most delicious and deadly agent that works to kill bacteria is Manuka honey, which comes from Australia and New Zealand. Researchers have discovered that Manuka honey applied topically can kill a wide range of pathogens, including MRSA and flesh-eating bacteria. Scientists were pleased by the fact that the treated bacteria didn't build up any resistance, rendering the honey ineffective. Find out more here.
Ethiopian Medical Journal, vol. 40(3); D. Dikasso; July 2002: Investigation on the antibacterial properties of garlic (Allium sativum) on pneumonia causing bacteria. http://grande.nal.usda.gov
JB Bardot is an herbalist and a classical homeopath, and has a post graduate degree in holistic nutrition. Bardot cares for both people and animals, using alternative approaches to health care and lifestyle. She writes about wellness, green living, alternative medicine, holistic nutrition, homeopathy, herbs and naturopathic medicine. You can find her at The JB Bardot Archives at www.jbbardot.com and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001364941208&ref=tn_tnmn or on Twitter at jbbardot23 or https://twitter.com/jbbardot23
We hope you do more research into these AWESOME natural sources for antibiotics and anti-virals! Again we thank Naturalnews.com.
AgriDome Community Farms is a
concept put together through years of careful observation of the
problems that face the modern world and especially the use of land and
agriculture.
Our short term goals are to continue getting a
small operation going in a controlled greenhouse to offer 100% organic
(heirloom when available) produce at a local scale at lower prices. We
believe that it just is not fair to price people out of the nutrition
that they need. Eventually this would take the form of a co-op that
would involve AgriDome Community Farms in multiple communities sharing
seeds, recipes and the such. Right now there is a makeshift greenhouse
and a few vegetables and herbs. Also just added is organic wheatgrass
and some organic sprout varieties. But we would LOVE to expand and
through your help we can! We encourage you to follow us on Facebook as well at:
for updates, health news and info on produce, herbs, vitamins and MUCH
more to keep you healthy and happy! You will also notice that we have a donations tab located near the top left corner of our page! Or just Click Here! Donations of any size are always encouraged and you will be able to view what
your donations have allowed us to do along the way as we post updates to this page!
Below you
will see a full in depth look into what AgriDome Community Farms really
looks to accomplish out of our small humble beginnings.
FUTURE VISION OF AGRIDOME COMMUNITY FARMS
While
we continue to ship produce and other grown food products sometimes
thousands of miles, many do not stop to realize the freshness of the
produce has been reduced 30-50% over a 5-10 day shipping. Not only is
our produce not always the freshest but it is also shipped via train,
truck, boat or plane, all of which contribute to air, soil and water
pollution.
As the world's population continues to grow our need
for food production also grows. Farming as it is in most of the world
today with the largely commercialized aspect has taken a toll on an
industry that should be more personable. We've also depleted our soil of
nutrients at an alarming rate through over tilling and other intensive
agricultural practices such as herbicides, pesticides, GMOs etc. We should take pride in what we eat and know
exactly what it is, how it was produced and where it came from. This is
where AgriDome Community Farms step in.
There are numerous urban
agricultural plots, gardens and greenhouses across the globe that have
given a great start to a growing movement. With our idea we look to have
a facility that will be a 100% contained environment that is free of
contaminants and uses the purest water, air and soil possible for
maximum nutrient density in the foods grown and produced. There will be
differing rooms environmentally regulated to simulate the foods optimum
growing habitat (temperature, moisture, light etc.). This ultimately
would mean fruits such as acai, banana, mango and coconuts could be
grown year round, anywhere on the planet. Or cooler climate crops could
be grown in the dead of summer in the tropics. In addition less and less
land will be needed for agricultural production and could be returned
to it's natural state to be used as pasture, nature parks and protected
lands.
The produce and food produced from AgriDome Community
Farms would be shipped directly into the local community. Restaurants,
grocers, food banks, churches, schools, the farmer's markets and
citizens would have a direct link to the facility for any and most fresh
food needs.
There will also be an organic store and restaurant
attached to the facility where all food will be prepared from the
produce and animal products grown and or raised in house. Facility
Informational Tours also are a great potential to give the community a
look at it's growers and volunteers and an educational tool for not only
school age children and teens but adults as well.
Click here for an excellent study done on the benefits of urban agriculture for further reading!
And
lastly the AgriDome Community Farm would be a source for civic
benevolence/donating. A greater portion of profits earned would be
donated directly back into the community or city. Just some examples
that have been reviewed would be money for the park districts, streets
and highway projects/upgrades, beautification projects, homeless
shelters, soup kitchens, local charities, libraries, schools (boosters,
music/art programs etc.), hospitals, farmer's markets and other civic
celebrations like parades and fireworks and many MANY more!
We
would so much appreciate any kind of donation that you can make. Even a
few dollars goes a long way when sharing this great opportunity for our
world with your friends and family. We truly hope to bring a unified
force to the urban and local farming movement through co-oping. Together
we can change our world, our health and our future!
Sincerely, Rich Barrett
Founder/Originator
Let's become true leaders by serving as opposed to "leading and managing"!
