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We have passed 600 jars sold now, the two year mark is fast approaching. Thank you everyone for getting us this far. Together, we are changing the world.

Back from the Holidays

Well, I slowed down a lot for the holidays because I have 4 kids, and they are the top priority. Sales dropped dramatically, so this clearly has not grown its own legs...yet. We are closing in on two years sponsored. I would love to hit that by the end of the year. That would be really cool.

I have slacked these past 2 weeks on the online marketing. I will resurge this week.

Still waiting on the local paper to run the story they interviewed us for.

Also still looking for other sites/blogs to write articles about us. Anyone interested, let me know, and I will create a back link to you from the project blog.

Ice Everywhere

Feed Your Family/ Feed the World

Well, slight delay in giving you an update. We were hit by that major ice storm that hit the northeast, and power was out for awhile. We are back on.

I am very happy to report that Ornella is fast closing in on being sponsored for two whole years. She is currently at 508 days sponsored. Please keep up the great work everyone who is joining us on this.

I have added a friends link to honor everyone who has helped promote us on the web. Thank you. If I missed you, or if you just added something, please go to my myspace profile and send me a message. Unless the rest of your site is raunchy, I will be happy to put up a link to you.

Our First Full Week!

Feed Your Family/ Feed the World

Wow, only one week has passed, and this is amazing. Ornella has now been sponsored by well over a year. It looks very possible that we can reach 2 years by the end of December. How exciting. We are well on the way to changing her life.

Over 260 unique visitors have come to our site, so we are heading in the right direction. Thankyou to Sail For Freedom for mentioning our project, and also to Baby Chaser Blog for mentioning us as well. You both are part of this movement now, and we greatly appreciate it.

Still in the first week!

Feed Your Family/ Feed the World

Ok, we have now pasted the 2 month mark for Ornella. Please help us out. It would be totally awesome if we could get her sponsored for a year by the end of the year.

The first weekend

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So far during our first weekend in existence, our first child up for sponsorship has been sponsored for just under two months. Thanks for the great support from everyone. We are aproaching 150 unique visitors. Please help us in changing the world by visiting the site, and by posting a link to it on your own blog or website.

The launch!

FeedYourFamilyFeedtheWorld

I told my wife that getting this project off the ground was a little like having a baby. She looked at me like I had three heads. But there is a similarity. First the idea was concieved. Then there is much labor and pain to bring it about, and when it finally launches, there is much excitement. Ok, so there is a little more pain in childbirth.

So far we have had almost 100 visitors to the site, and Ornella is sponsored for 19 days. I can't wait until this takes off and we can increase our impact to hundreds and thousands of kids.

The Journey- Success

After taking into consideration all these thoughts, I came up with Feedyourfamily/FeedtheWorld. Here is an opportunity for consumers to experience a great product, and at the same time make an impact on the world. Please take a moment to check it out. I am not asking you to change your life, just someone elses.

The Journey- Part II

After much reflection, I noticed some trends throughout the past hundred or so years in business. With the advent of the industrial revolution, corporations were formed to extract as much profit from natural resources and employees as possible. The skill at which the corporations were successfull at this extraction caused a backlash on two fronts from the next generation.

Politically, laws were passed to limit the degree to which these corporations were able to exploit the resources and people. Socially, non profits, charitable organizations were formed to counterbalance the heartlessness of the corporations. These entities were very good at meeting needs, but were always having to rely on the whims of the public to keep them funded.

In light of these two major trends, I began to wonder what the next major trend would be. How would my generation change the way business is done for future generations? I began to see a merging of the previous two paradigms. What if the new corporations allowed the consumer oportunity to make a difference just by buying products? Everytime they shopped the consumer could choose to suppurt various causes just by deciding what they want to buy. How would this flesh out? What form would it take?

In Part III, I will reveal my humble attempt to merge the two worlds.

The Journey- Part I

I am not sure why, but my whole life I have always desired to reach critical mass at a young age so that I would be able to give back with my time and finances for the rest of my life. For those of you not familiar with the term critical mass it means to be at a place financially where your assests pay you and you do not need to work a job. From my late teens on I was telling people I would be 'out' by 40. Most laughed, and some asked what I planned to do the rest of my life, sit around and watch tv? Even after explaining, most could not wrap their heads around a paradigm so different from what they currently knew.

Even though I was consistenlty giving of my finances and my time while walking this path, I always felt like I was hitting a wall. The needs I was seeing were immediate. They were not going to wait another 10 or 20 years to meet, and they were greater than my immediate resources. This was very troubling for me and I began to do a lot of reflection on the options that existed to resolve this. During this time of reflection I read many books on business, history, and biographies to glean any wisdom I could.

In Part II, I will tell you about the conclusions I came to and in Part III, I will let you know what the project ended up being.