Cary Chamber Ribbon-Cutting Celebrates Woman Power
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Story and photo by Leslie Huffman
Cary, NC – The Historic Heater House, at 120 Dry Avenue, was built in 1918 by the Heater family. Years later it was used as a dormitory for students and then owned by several other families. But in the early 2000′s the property was purchased, restored and renovated into an executive suites office building, now named The Historic Heater Center.
Last week, The Cary Chamber of Commerce celebrated the seven businesses that occupy the Historic Heater Center with a Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony. All of the seven businesses are women-owned and operated. Read the rest of this entry »
Cary, NC – Our Queen of Neem, Magda Radtke and Production Genius, Jeffrey Anderson recently had the opportunity to go talk with the the ladies of “My Carolina Today“. When I asked Magda about her visit she told me: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Natural Body Products, Neem
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We received pictures from our team in the southern part of the country. Besides caring for the small, transplanted trees, Ken and his men are growing vegetables which show an almost immediate result with the ongoing summer season in the Sahara Desert 
. When days get too hot, they find shelter underneath the solar panel that powers the pump in the well. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Mauritania, Neem, Neem tree
Last month, I was visiting Mauritania and once again held a workshop about soap making using Neem and oils available at the local market. We discussed questions about best recipes and ingredients and had a great and productive time. The end result was two kinds of beautiful orange and yellow Neem soaps. The fresh palm oil gave the one soap a beautiful orange tint. All natural coloring– how about that?
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Tags: Africa, Mauritania, Neem, soap
Excerpts from his notes:
“After several days of travelling I finally have an Internet connection. The Neem tree project is going well – 200 trees are now in the ground, and more are being planted (though barely visible, yet, they are there!). The mango trees looked really good, too. Ken, and his buddies are doing an awesome job!” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Africa, Mauritania, Neem, Neem tree
Melting oils and mixing ingredients
Pouring soap blend into molds
Cutting soaps
Wrapping and labeling comes last. Done!
Tags: Neem, Neem leaves, Neem Soap, shaving soap, soap
JUSTNEEM NURSERY. Here is where the seedlings are grown before they are planted in the orchard. Besides neem trees we are also experimenting with mango trees and jatropha to create biodiversity and to diversified sources of income. We have calculated that the fruits from 10 mango trees will provide sufficient annual income for an entire family. Jatropha is used to make biodiesel. The project currently supports four full-time employees plus 8 - 10 part time workers. In the background you see neem seedlings that will be planted in September, right before the rainy season.
THE WELL. Nothing goes without water. So we had to get a well to provide water for our trees, at least for the first 2 - 3 years or so. Two guys had just finished digging this well a week before we arrived. What an amazing job!! All done by hand, pick ax, shovel and bucket. One man in the hole, digging, the other pulling up the dirt. Check out the mounds of dirt.
WATER. At a depth of 24 meter they struck water. Can you see it? Want to know how deep 24 meters is? IF you want to know how much it is, Google it.
Tags: Africa, JustNeem, Mauritania, Neem tree
This is awesome… the President of Mauritania is supporting a tree planting effort in the country!
It’s National Tree Week in Mauritania! Turns out the Mauritanian government is backing local tree planting efforts.
“Mauritania is focused on its objective to plant 384 000 saplings over 726 hectares (1800 acres) for reforestation in view of the struggle against the encroaching desert to reinforce the green belt in the capital,” said the minister, Ba El Housseynou.
Read more at http://technology.iafrica.com/news/science/2562020.htm
