A really fun and rewarding project is the recent giving away of food-bearing trees to local villagers of the Ganeshpuri-Nimboli Nearby Villages. Sri Nityananda Education Trust (SNET) raised and then gave free of charge, 5000+ food bearing trees to our village neighbors. Here's a picture of trees leaving the property on the way to be planted at the homes of these villagers, and what a happy and exciting day that was to see so many people delighted to come and receive tree saplings that will give them food for years and decades to come. Imagine how much food 5000 trees can produce! And as we teach seed harvesting and replanting, we and the villagers gain food independence - - future food wealth.
BUT NOW IT'S BEEN 2 MONTHS SINCE THEN - - WHAT BECAME OF THE TREES? Were the villagers successful in planting them? Did they live through the heavy monsoon this year? Full of curiosity, we have begun to visit village location to check on the progress on these saplings and the promise of lots of food for lots of people for lots of years.
What have we found?
Posted here are some pictures of the trees (papaya and drumstick) that were planted. Some of them are surrounded by jungle vegetation as monsoon is just ending and people have not had a chance to get out and tend to them due to the heavy rains. We, ourselves are just now whacking back the jungle weeds and recovering our gardens. But what we found is that the trees were planted in good locations around the villagers homes and are doing quite well after only a few months in the ground.
This program is a bit like the wisom of "give a man a fish and he eats for a day.
teach him how to fish and he eats for a life time." In this case it's, "give a family a few papayas and drumsticks pods and they eat for a few days - - give them a few papaya and drumstick trees and their family their relatives, and their friends eat for decades." Wow -- what a payoff!!
We love this program. It is a joy to see the trees growing in the villages. These particular trees bear mature fruit in only 6 months after planting! They are very quick producers and were chosed largely for this reason. Next we plan to give away tree saplings that may take longer to mature, but give food for many decades, for generations.
We will take this program to the schools and teach the children about planting trees that give food for years with very little care on their part. FUTURE FOOD WEALTH we call it, and a wonderful gift to give another human.
It only costs a couple of dollars to seed and feed and care for a sapling to the give-away stage. You might consider donating to supply food future wealth for some impoverished village people.
One tree can feed a lot of people - - a great investment - - a few trees can feed many families - - twenty trees can feed a village. What a deal! and you could be the loving human who provides for them. Love matters - - a heart that feeds many people is a happy heart. Here's how you could give from one to many trees to village people. They are mostly wonderful people, living close to the Earth and very worthy of our assistance. Click here to begin your happy heart gift to your new villagers or village. We will keep you posted on our blog site, and if you give for a whole village, we will keep you posted with pics about how your gift is giving.
BUT NOW IT'S BEEN 2 MONTHS SINCE THEN - - WHAT BECAME OF THE TREES? Were the villagers successful in planting them? Did they live through the heavy monsoon this year? Full of curiosity, we have begun to visit village location to check on the progress on these saplings and the promise of lots of food for lots of people for lots of years.
What have we found?
Posted here are some pictures of the trees (papaya and drumstick) that were planted. Some of them are surrounded by jungle vegetation as monsoon is just ending and people have not had a chance to get out and tend to them due to the heavy rains. We, ourselves are just now whacking back the jungle weeds and recovering our gardens. But what we found is that the trees were planted in good locations around the villagers homes and are doing quite well after only a few months in the ground.
This program is a bit like the wisom of "give a man a fish and he eats for a day.
teach him how to fish and he eats for a life time." In this case it's, "give a family a few papayas and drumsticks pods and they eat for a few days - - give them a few papaya and drumstick trees and their family their relatives, and their friends eat for decades." Wow -- what a payoff!!
We will take this program to the schools and teach the children about planting trees that give food for years with very little care on their part. FUTURE FOOD WEALTH we call it, and a wonderful gift to give another human.
It only costs a couple of dollars to seed and feed and care for a sapling to the give-away stage. You might consider donating to supply food future wealth for some impoverished village people.
Click here now to view the list of villages and choose your own village or click here to give as many as you like. Future food for many is a great opportunity for us to be human.
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