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A Farm in a Backpack - Working with Eco-Friendly Farming to Help Africans to Feed Africa

I work in East Africa on a personal mission to incubate projects which will help feed Africa and then the rest of the world. My projects include the Backpack Farm Program, a canvas backpack filled with eco-friendly agriculture inputs and training a rural farmer needs to triple the quantity and quality of food they produce. I believe it is possible to end the food crisis in Sub Saharan Africa using eco-friendly models of development.

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Rachel Zedeck 10 Reasons to Face the Challenge of Global Nutrition

Mar 17, 2010 02:00 pm

  Hello Everyone !!!!!   Most people think of malnutrition as simply not having enough to eat. But for many of the world's one billion hungry people, the problem is that they get too few of the minerals and vitamins that would allow them to thrive, physically and mentally. The challenge is to ensure these peo... Continue reading 10 Reasons to Face the Challenge of Global Nutrition

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Jen_Changents
March 18, 2010 - 1:07pm

Rachel, you make some fabulous points here. I think for people who aren't as well versed on the topic you raise several key points otherwise missed. I completely agree about increasing food production as a sustainable way to deal with the food crisis. Sprinkles shouldn't be the norm or the forward thinking solution, but they should be a last resort. Just seeing the work you're doing, I know it's possible to work toward a plan to introduce sustainable farming in many of these areas.

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