STEEM WILL FEED THE WORLD: ONE SMALL FARM AT A TIME!
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done...”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
For a time the Knight was consumed by his own self-importance!
SIRKNIGHT, the strategic genius behind the 'GREAT STEEM WARS.' The mastermind behind the 'STEEM LORDS.' Founding father of 'TEAM AUSTRALIA.' Creator of 'MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE.' Architect behind the acclaimed CELESTIAL CHALLENGE.'
'STEEMIT'S LARGEST LIVING LEGEND' they would exclaim!
A Knight with it all - status, riches, influence, a coquettish smile and rugged good looks.
Yet something was missing!
A yearning in his heart.
To give? To empower? To end hunger and bring freedom to the world?
Meanwhile, on the other side of world...
a young poultry farmer and student from the town of Uselu in Nigeria, named Joshua Abiye, dreamed of one day operating his very own fish farm and supplying his village market with fresh fish daily and all the nutrients fish provide.
One year earlier Joshua had begun work on the first two tanks in his family's backyard - when he was swindled out of all his savings and the project came to a standstill.
This impasse would turn out to be short lived however, as the lives of our two heroes would become interconnected by the decentralised nodes of the blockchain - forever!
SirKnight, forlorn in spirit, turned to The Holy Bible for guidance - without comfort, without peace. Until one night... it was a vision of some description. It spoke:
'SirKnight... cast aside thou gloomy demeanor and build thee a Church and pray thee to God, and reward the parishioners.'
Posting for pennies this young Nigerian sort shelter at a new Church he had heard about. SteemChurch was the name. The first ever Church of the Blockchain.
Joshua Abiye, whilst humble in nature, proved to be talented blogger who took immense pride in his work. It was not long before this talented youngster came to the attention of the Church's Knight founder and shortly thereafter Joshua Abiye was promoted within Church ranks.
Then one day Brother Abiye posted this...
and SirKnight's life would be changed forever.
For SirKnight now knew what he had to do. SirKnight now knew what Steem had to do. SirKnight knew what all us Steemians had to do.
Feed the world - one small farm at a time!
Brother @abiye had been saving his Steem Dollars to finish work on the first two tanks and construct a fence to protect the farm from undesirables.
Each tank will hold up to 500 fish upon maturity at 3 months - and at this time each tank would provide approximately 15-20 fish to traders and the market women daily.
So far Brother Abiye had spent the equivalent of of 200 SBD on constructing the tanks and drainage.
To take the farm from where it is now to a fully functional fish farm, Brother Abiye requires:
- Materials to construct a fence to protect and secure the farm - estimate 25 SBD
- 100 baby fish and feed for 3 months - 50 SBD (200 baby fish and feed would be better 100SBD)
SIRKNIGHT exclaimed - 'consider it done my friend!'
All Steem Dollars earned by this post will be paid directly to Brother Abiye to get his fish farm up and running. The sooner he can get the fish in, the better for his town folk.
Let us target 125 SBD with this post!
Brother Abiye has agreed to provide the generous Steemians of Steemit with regular updates on his progress.
Together Brother Abiye and SirKnight have already put in place plans for the future. Depending on the success of the first two tanks - we will look to raise funds for a third tank for the farm - estimated cost 85 SBD.
Two complete strangers from two completely different walks of life - can't begin to explain how excited they are to be working together on this project. Anywhere between 30-60 fish could be supplied to the local community per day from 2-3 tanks!
STEEM - FEEDING THE WORLD!
ONE SMALL FARM AT A TIME
Steem to feed the world. Steem in top 5 cryptos on Weiss ratings. Steem up 50% in past 24 hours.
How could this day possibly get any better.
Upvoted and resteemed!
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Agriculture has been the backbone of the economy... And has feed the world. Let us all celebrate the farmers from their hard work
Not to nitpick, but make sure to use only food and antibiotics that are safe for human consumption, you can do much research with the internet and only a few countries where consumer safety laws really protect the health of the citizens (EU regulations are pretty good, Japan seems to be okay in this regard also, US is very lax and business-focused) have good standards and their guidelines on what is safe to feed to fish might be a good model to follow. Otherwise I would not want you or those who are receiving your fish to get sick from consuming them for a long time, and I wish you both the best and am amazed to read such good news!
I agree. To take it one step further and to create a more sustainable ecosystem I suggest looking into aquaponics. That will also add the benefit of produce and in the end require less maintenance and interference. Check out this site for more info.
I was thinking the same thing. I have so many ideas now. THIS IS AMAZING! I have been loaning to small organic farmers on Kiva.org and was thinking how else can I help them. I am going to share Steemit with them.
Sir, I pray you are learning farming practices from: Permaculture, Biodynamic farming and Certified Organic farming practices.
I would not want your wonderful works to harm the eco-system and your community with BIG AG farming practices that promote the use of synthetic chemicals that will bankrupt your efforts.
Do a search on 'GMO suicides' and 'farmer suicides' to learn more. *NOTE be careful as some videos that come up on Youtube show the actual suicide.
I am sharing this because I care about what you are doing and want you to succeed.
In short, using synthetic fertilizers may grow plants quickly, but the plants will become addicted and need you to buy more and more bags of fertilizer to keep them alive. These fake fertilizer plants will then have lower nutrients to provide real nourishment for the community.
If you add any store bought items make sure they are certified organic, biodynamic and free from toxic long lasting chemicals and heavy metals.
Keep up the great work!
Advice duly noted......thanks for the support, I am grateful
Thanks for the support and encouragement...... I will ensure to use Safe feeds
Hey guys! Yes it has been a very good day. And our other favourite token - EOS is top of the ratings list!
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steem can join franchising activities and boost growth and as a consequence, more ability to help.
for example steem can cooperate with fmcg market players, involving them inits blockchain. beside content we generate, transactions we make at starbucks or McDonald can be generate steem power. just an idea ;)
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This is what really excites me about Steem, you can be in a poor village in Ethiopia but as long as you have an internet connection you can start earning crypto. Truly is a genius platform.
That is it Tony - STEEM is empowering people and undermining corporate and political control.
The way it should be an equal playing field, maybe the tables will turn. My approach is to get as many people on this platform as possible, the other social media sites like Facebook are making it a lot easier with all their censorship now too!
God bless you @sirknight, great human you are
Steemit to be me, has been a life changing experience. It has transformed me into someone that can be recognized in my small community
That is amazing, Im so happy to hear this!
Brother @sirknight , good morning to you from Nigeria.
I thought I only see this type of things in my church and news. I never knew it also happens on steemit.
I just followed you sir
Well this is my first time on your blog. I must say I just got blessed after reading
I have something here to help us grow in spirit.
God bless you sir.
Am glad @sirknight would make a difference in your heart...... Thanks for your feedback
Brother @abiye thanks for replying my comment.
There's this love trending amongst users here.
I'm really motivated to write great revival messages.
Watch out for them sir
My dear brothers and sisters. I came across a tag called #celestialchallenge.
I'm a newbie here.
Any explanation will be appreciated.
God bless you all
This is soo cool idea.You can earn more money from this fish, when they are grow big.you can buy feed food. it looks little circle.these food is better from other food.
Thanks for your posting on that..........
You too can make a difference in your community and start up one for your self
your farm was amazing, all of your post was amazing, great post, thanks for sharing upvoted and resteemed
Am glad you like all of @sirknight works... It's always nice to have great mentor like @sirknight around us and this beautiful community
great @sirknight thanks for doing so much to steemians..
and we all are with you @abiye
Thank you @abdullahzahid...... Am happy because you
Nice post.I respect you very much because you contribute to steemit.I will do activities like you.I would like to extend the steemit.
Exceptional decision you have taken my friend @jhonsnow, be a star in your own small way, stay positive and straight out a helping hands to others and you too can make a difference
Well done! You have my upvote :)
Thanks for the feedback @gamersclassified
You truly are a legend mate!
THIS is how blockchain can change the world. People helping people without the need for parasitic governments getting in the way at both ends.
Really great work mate. Resteemed.
TP
Thanks.....am happy because of you, you have been very supportive
People think its just a saying when i say it will only get better, @steemchurch has just being around for just a month and few days yet, Lives has been transformed, people across Nations have been empowered, dreams are coming true, stories are still changing for Good.
Indeed we are up for a world that will blossom and flourish in steems!
Lots of talent and visions like this have been killed with frustration and even wicked taxes by the evil governments of this world.
God bless your wisdom @sirknight for yielding to the voice of lord. Indeed STEEM WILL FEED THE WORLD!
Long live the @STEEMCHURCH
Thanks brother @tikhub ☺
Nice post bro
hi, my dear friend @sirknight
your post is very nice
I always upvote and comment on your post, to tell the truth, I like your post, you can write a lot of good, I like all of your posts, thank you for this post, I'm waiting for you to post when you (because I Love you)@alimuddin
I love you too Ali. But I still think we should see other people. ; )
thank my dear friend @sirknight
i always with you,,
Everybody love @sirknight he is indeed a legend and a great leader