Home for Christmas-Enjoying my family
After attending an International Agriculture Conference at ECHO in FL, I returned to Minnesota to spend the holidays with my family. Matt and Alicia purchased a house in Lakeville this summer, just a short 20 minute drive from Abby and Cody's house in Elko. Matt is working as a wine distributor, Alicia is an ICU nurse at Fairview. Abby is teaching second grade in New Prague. Cody is a product developer at Bellisio Foods.
Moringa Garden: A week's labor-transplanting 1650 seedlings
Armed with machetes in hand, my team and I cleared a weed-filled land, dug the ground and transplanted 1650 moringa seedlings. These trees will be producing leaves to be harvested, dried, and pounded into powder. This powder is high in vitamins, minerals and protein and used to combat over 300 diseases. Goals are to educate the nationals on the importance of adding moringa to their diets for improved health and then selling the powder.
Year-End Results are in/Goals exceeded expectations by 100%
My first year goal for establishing the tree project was to plant 10,000 trees. That goal was blown away by planting 20,000+
The trees on my land that were transplanted into the ground in January are 15-25' tall! The papayas are loaded with fruit, one tree bearing 21 fruits! The moringa trees have been 'topped' so they will get bushier and produce more leaves and seeds.
