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Community Outreach and Involvement
PG
is active in our community of Wilmington, NC giving
seminars at garden clubs, writing for publications,
consulting with schools, etc. We'll keep you updated
of our progress here as we go.
Newsletters
Tidal Creek Co-op Current Newsletter Autumn
2005
The State of Food
Production (Part 1)
and Our Options
(The State of Food Production, Part
2)
Fluoridation
Municipal water fluoridation is a wasteful and potentially
harmful practice that has been grandfathered into
existence via industry subsidization and an overall
lack of oversight into the materials we are deliberately
exposing ourselves too on a daily basis. Fluoride
is a known carcinogen and is listed on Wilmington's
Water Quality Report as a "contaminant".
There has not been a public vote on fluoridation
in Wilmington, NC since 1955 and a call to City
Water will make it very apparent that our city government
is unaware of the policy it so gushingly endorses.
If fluoridation provides the benefit claimed- prove
it.
| Hydro
for Hunger |
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Hydro
for Hunger is an initiative by participating independent
hydroponics merchants in support of hunger relief
organizations dedicated to reducing world hunger
through the power of hydroponic gardening. Since
2002, Hydro for Hunger has raised over $20,000
to support the fight against world hunger through
the sale of pre-determined products from our industry
and donations from hydro merchants and concerned
citizens. The 2005-06 Hydro For Hunger beneficiary
is the Institute of Simplified Hydroponics (www.carbon.org).
If you would like more information, or would like
to contribute, please refer to the Hydro for Hunger
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| The Women
of Hope Project |
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The Women
of Hope Project is an organization by women
for women to restore hope and dignity to women
who have been oppressed, and denied personal
freedom, health, opportunity and respect due
to 23 years of war.
PG sponsors
a Garden of Hope, which will provide a woman
and her family all of the materials that she
will need to build her own 10m2 Simplified Hydroponic
garden with
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all of the nutrient
and seeds she will need for 6 months. Through this
initiative we hope to increase awareness of the state
of women's needs in Afghanistan, mobilize people to
respond to the needs of oppressed women and their
families, equip women with vocational opportunities,
resources, and training, empower women by restoring
dignity, ambition and the freedom to dream, provide
educational and distance learning opportunities, and
provide hopeless women with the hope of a future.
If you would like to be involved please visit the
Women of Hope website: http://www.womenofhopeproject.org
Sustainability
As our business grows we seek additional ways
to implement our plan of creating a truly sustainable
corporation—one that produces more than it consumes-
for this is the end game on Earth. If people can find
a way to bring balance to their currently voracious
consumption we can all kick our feet up and realize
the potential set before us. As we go we will continually
update this section to reflect the progress we are
making. Stay tuned!
Local Agriculture
One of the goals of PG is to implement local food
systems into every community everywhere, so we're
starting with our own. Here we will update customers
who have taken the initiative to begin the transformation
to local food production and any other relavent information
regarding PG's involvement with the movement.
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