more images here     http://www.earthembassy.org/eco-villages/utah-native-village/

For more info, and to contact Dylan about installing your own farm, see his website
http://www.homeorganicgardeningservice.com/

Also on Facebook here
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hogs-LI-Home-Organic-Gardening-Service/258831897476111?sk=info

http://www.homeorganicgardeningservice.com/

Vision statement

Living out the vision

At the heart of all JAMBO programs is the mission to have fun WHILE doing good. Our physical beings crave fun and personal interaction with others to some degree. Our emotional/spiritual selves long to do good for and connect with others, in the realization that ALL life is related. As much as possible, JAMBO programs work to fulfill both of these aspects of its vision.

http://www.jambointernational.com

After a long and tumultuous winter, spring is really arrived on Mt Fuji.  Our plum and peach trees are in full blossom, the asparagus is up, and already we are serving salads from the garden;  rockets, chingensai, mint, negi (leek).  And we pickled enough hot Jalepenos last fall to cover all of our pizzas for year.

New to the menu are a few amazing pasta recipes brought by Adriano, our Italian guest chef.  Mako and Masa (with their new baby girl Airi) are tending the cafe on weekends and looking forward to your visit. Tomorrow Mako promised to start making our delicious Banana Cakes again, and visiting Marjolein has promised us a Ducth Apple Pie.

Open Times:

Fri 11-3,  Sat 11-6,  Sun 11-6,  Mon 11-3    Reservations welcome anytime  090-9346-3774

Nick Savidov was in Yokohama for a few days to discuss implementing aquaponics farms in Japan, specifically to provide fish, vegetables and jobs for the earthquake afflicted families.  Nick operates one of the world’s largest and most advanced aquaponics systems at the Alberta Crops Diversification center in Canada. He visited the demo aquaponics (a.p.) system we are building, here informing Brian Fry about the delicate ecological balance the systems require.  A greenhouse to hold the fish tank and planters is being attached to the house, and will also serve as extended living space and a passive solar heating source for the home. The old fellow with the shovel is digging up bamboo roots, so they wont push shoots up under our house every year.

details on Mick’s work … http://www.greenhousecanada.com/content/view/965/38/

The Earth Embassy teams are working on a set of business plans for relief villages. Combining our eco homes and organic farm developement, we are trying to amp up the schedule and funding asap now to get 2 locations going by late spring/early summer if possible.

1) Shojiko Reformed Village – to prepare 10-15 homes, with 5 small “cottage industry” shops (soap making, paper making, etc), and job training for new residents

1a) Gelato Farm – at Solar Cafe, to offer jobs and farm training for new Shojiko residents, and make a small fruit & herb farm business incubator

2) Mini Farm Home Village – mix of shipping container base / vinyl greenhouse / recycled materials. Plan is to build 30 to start, centered around a farm/education center. Hopefully locate first one in Tsunami afflicted areas, but be able to offer to other rural communities willing to develop a village to take refugee families.

3) Farm/Cottage Industry Education Team – to establish, manage and train new staff for each location. In addition to the small businesses we can set up oursleves to start, we want to send out consultants, community builders, branding experts etc to work with new residents, help identify local talent and specialties, and empower residents to re-establish their lives/careers.

Our most immediate need for funding is to get one demo Mini Farm Home built asap, so we can have one ready to show as we approach other big investors/partners to work together to get a proper village of these going. Costs will come down as we ramp up production and gather companies willing to donate materials, containers etc. For the first prototype we need about 3M jpy to get built quick, and produce some promo materials, catalog, etc.

Anyone willing to help with these projects should contact us at info@earthembassy.org
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