A few more bowls! These are the bowls that I painted last week at the Lions Club for our ongoing Thursday meetup for the Fair ShareEmpty Bowls fundraiser. The bowls are supposed to be a symbolic reminder of people who do not have enough to eat.
This red one is my favorite.
My brush was not the greatest, but these are supposed to be black eyed peas at the bottom of the bowl.
These are my 'poke sallet' bowls. The kids stained them with poke berry juice a few weeks ago.
Hope you like them and feel free to join us if you would like to make some too.
The Fair Share Garden will be hosting a fundraiser for World Food Day in October. We are raising funds for our garden where we demonstrate how organic and sustainable growing methods and share the harvest.
Every Thursday at at 5pm we are gathering to make paper mache bowls at the Lions Club in Daytona Beach (345 White St) for our World Food Day event on October 16th when we are hosting our 'Empty Bowls' event.
About Empty Bowls from Wikipedia: “Empty Bowls” is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists and art organizations on a community level. “Empty Bowls” allows participating artists and groups to create and donate bowls, then serve a simple meal. Guests choose a bowl to use that day and to keep as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world
Bring a bowl for a mold and newspapers or phone books etc. Bring a snack to share if you want to! Kids welcome with parents. No previous experience is necessary. You can RSVP on our Fair Share meetup calender.
Feel Free to Get creative with us too. Do you know a techinque that we don't know and want to share? Come teach us! Look at the amazing bowls you can make with recycled paper. I would love to learn. This bowl was make by SewDanish from my Unique Women in Business network.
Moringa oleifera is a nutritive fast-growing tree, which is native to India. I learned about this tree a couple of years ago from my friend Aminu Ibrahim from our SolarNetOne project at Katsina State University in Nigera. and I just had to try growing it. This tree has been shown to be capable of reducing malnutrition in areas of West Africa where 25% of children die of malnutrition or related diseases. This plant grows well in areas such as these with drought and poor soil, and it grows wild in many areas where hunger is a severe problem. Locally grown Moringa was used in Senegal to significantly reduce malnutrition in infants, nursing mothers and pregnant women in Senegal by adding a small amount of leaf powder to the diet. Moringa is exceptionally nutrient dense. It has the highest protein ratio of any known plant, and contains all essential amino acids (those that the body cannot synthesize). There are no known side effects to taking Moringa, and it is very easy to digest. 25 grams (0.88 oz) of dried Moringa provides the suggested daily requirements for children: 42% protein, 125% calcium, 60% magnesium, 41% potassium, 71% iron, 272% vitamin A, and 22% vitamin C.
Here is a video that I found about Moringa's use in Senegal.
I have been growing Moringa in Central Florida (USDA zone 9a) for the last two years. I purchased my seed from Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO) in Fort Myers Florida. ECHO is a non profit whose mission is to network with community leaders in developing countries to seek hunger solutions for families growing food under difficult conditions. I was very happy that my Moringa trees survived the freeze we had over the winter. The Moringa tree pictured in this blog post is of my largest tree a couple of months after the freeze. New branches grew up from the base after the freeze killed the above-ground portion. I am told that this tree will grow very well from woody cuttings. I have also learned that this plant can be grown indoors if UV light is available. My brother has started a facebook group to promote growing and sharing about this plant. My next step with this plant will be to get trees started from seed or cutting at the Fair Share Garden in Daytona Beach. "Fair Share" is an Urban Garden Project of Salt of the Earth, Inc. a 501(c)-3 nonprofit organization. The purpose of the garden is to grow food for local low income families in need.
