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Barbara Yager's avatar

Jeezus girl you are super powerful. Happy Fourth, too!

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Maria Rodale's avatar

🥰

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Barbara Schwartzbach's avatar

Love the perspective you share. Absolutely true plant seeds for positive growth in children💕Sound’s like you eat well .

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Elizabeth Ouzts's avatar

Thank you.

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Jennifer Vanderslice's avatar

We have way more chickens laying way more eggs than we need. During the summer, we get about 3 dozen a week for a household of 3 people. I was giving them to friends and neighbors and then I tried selling them for $5 dozen during the egg shortage, until a friend came to get a dozen and told me, "The reason people aren't buying them is because it's easier to just buy them in the store while they're shopping. I wouldn't make a special trip to buy them from you...but if you're going to give them to me, I'll come over."

That ended my giving my eggs to freeloading friends and neighbors. I give them to a local food bank...to people who need them. And I'll do them same with my garden vegetables!

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Maria Rodale's avatar

Excellent! Thank you!

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Katherine Coussement's avatar

Thank you for this, I needed to hear it. I'm not in America but your thoughts are very relevant to us in Europe too. Stay strong over there.

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Maria Rodale's avatar

You too!

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Dottie Ostenkamp's avatar

Thank YOU for your positive thoughts!

I especially love the idea of planting those trees ☺️

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Susan Pfeil's avatar

Thanks so much for this uplifting perspective, Maria!

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Deborah Sim's avatar

Putting children first in all decion making, including all children of nature, is to follow Nature's first principles, and therefore a winner.

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Lisa Weikel's avatar

Powerful words of practical wisdom and means of making change!

P.S.: Your garlic looks scrumptious.

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