Marianne Graff 
By Marianne Graff Published March 25, 2025 When I first heard about tandas, I thought it was a waste of time when you can just save up money on your own and wind up with the same amount. But after participating in one, and setting one up, I see the advantages of this ‘community bank’ … Read more
By Marianne Graff, March 22, 2025 https://tinyurl.com/4zv7cet9 Moms (and Dads) reading this, take note! If you are tired of round after round of illness in your family, this could be a way to cure your family, and it’s so easy, and doesn’t cost a penny. I admit I put off watching this movie. For months. … Read more
by Marianne Graff Published on March 6, 2025 Photo Credit: Andrew Millison, “How 8,000 Food Forests Grew Africa’s Great Green Wall” https://youtu.be/1LCTVO_Y5Rs?si=VTQYbaBOW6ac1TFd I just posted an article on Substack about a way to created food abundance in your neighbourhood for a few low cost, or for free. https://tinyurl.com/3ttdmbbn It’s an idea akin to ‘seed banking’ … Read more
By Marianne Graff Published on December 30,2024 I recently talked to Line Madore about a community group she is involved with in the Montreal area of the province of Quebec in Canada that is a sociable, fun and easy way to cut her grocery budget in half and get some tasty home made food. The … Read more
by Marianne Graff, Feb. I stumbled across YouTube videos by Anders, Co-Founder of Vertical Greens, when exploring how to grow my own microgreens, and became so captivated by their innovative ideas that I reached out to them to find out more about how they have become the biggest vertical farm in Denmark, bringing in more … Read more
Castor oil is made from pressing the seed (bean) of the castor plant
Owen Chase started Just for Fun Farms while in College by growing Microgreens under his college dorm bed.
Ricinoleic Acid is a Fatty Liver’s Friend Disclaimer: I am not a doctor and am not giving you medical advice. I am simply sharing the research I have done and what works for me, in the hopes it inspires you to do your own research and find your own solutions that work best for you. … Read more
Microgreens Offer an Excellent Alternative to Lettuce and Spinach Visions of vivid green, and Spinach crisp and juicy microgreens sprang to mind last week after I noticed there was no lettuce or greens except avocados in the stores in Mexico where I live. Again. It has been a particularly wet, cool and long rainy season … Read more
By Marianne Graff Photo credit: freepik Spices and Natural Ingredients Often Found in your Kitchen Cupboard that Could replace many things in your Medicine Cabinet in a Pinch When we moved to Mexico, I thought getting the medicines my son and I needed would be easy to buy. After all, Mexico is still in North … Read more
Photo credit: footage of an active volcano by Pressmaster/ Pexels What Happens When you a City Loses Internet Access for Weeks Might Surprise You We all know that we are heavily reliant on the Internet for our every lives to function smoothly, but are usually able to cope if we run out of batteries for … Read more
Photo credit:K Travels (Travel Bloggers) / Pinterest Many people thought I was crazy to go to Thailand when I did. I arrived in Thailand in 1997, a few weeks after their currency devalued and the economy collapsed, as part of the sequence of events now known as the Asian Financial Crisis. I had registered in … Read more
Photo credit: Image by Wolfgang Eckert from Pixabay What is Resilience, Really? Resilience is defined in the dictionary in a few different ways. Resilience is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as “the ability to withstand or quickly overcome difficulties; toughness”. I like how this definition separates resilience into two skill components: the ability to endure … Read more
Hi! …I’m glad you’re here. This blog was launched in October 2024 to help people like you transition into a new way of thinking and living, a way that is much healthier for all humans, animals and the planet. We are in a time of great transition. We are seeing the old power structures of … Read more