The Man Who Created a Broker-Free Market for Farmers

You're receiving this email because you are a DailyGood subscriber.
Trouble Viewing? On a mobile? Just click here. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe.

DailyGood News That Inspires

December 27, 2017

a project of ServiceSpace

The Man Who Created a Broker-Free Market for Farmers

The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.

- Masanobu Fukuka -

The Man Who Created a Broker-Free Market for Farmers

Prateek Sharma was born to a family of farmers in a village close to Bhopal, India. He started farming as a child along with his family but eventually left his village and accomplished a successful career in the city as a chief manager of a prominent Indian bank. What prompted him then to quit his lucrative job to return to tending to the earth as a community farmer? Sharma's inspiring journey as an organic farmer is one of initial failures, and his subsequent successes shaped by Sharma's values of sustainability, community, and justice. { read more }

Be The Change

Today as you eat a meal, take a few moments of gratitude as you reflect on all the causes and conditions, from the earthwork and the farmers, to the trucks and the grocery store, that may have brought your meal to you today.


COMMENT | RATE      Email   Twitter   FaceBook

  Related Good News

Smile Big
Love Freely
Meditate
Give Back

The Disease of Being Busy

How Happy Brains Respond to Negative Things

Our Shortened Attention Span & 3 Ways To Stay Focused

Dan Siegel: The Open Mind

Smile Big
Love Freely
Meditate
Give Back

Seven Ways to Help High Schoolers Find Purpose

Reclaiming the Lost Art of Walking

10 Tips for Effective Communication

Three Things that Matter Most in Youth and Old Age


DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,568 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here.


Other ServiceSpace projects include:

KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

How to save money.