A couple of years ago I found a site that connects people, through lending, for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva empowers individuals to lend to an entrepreneur across the globe. By combining microfinance with the internet, Kiva is creating a global community of people connected through lending.
After stalling for some time, I decided last month to take the plunge and opened an account by making a small deposit. I have committed to myself that I will make that same small deposit each month. Will building up the account, I will be searching for people I believe should be invested in.
My selection criteria is single mother/mothers working on sustainable agriculture. I will make periodic posts to update you.
The pulled pork & beef brisket both came out well. The shoulder went on the smoker @ 5:15 pm Friday. We had some foul weather that night, so I had a hard time keeping a steady 225ºF until several hours into the smoke, but we got there. At 11 pm I brought the pork in, …
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This weekends plan is to smoke a 9 ¼ lb pork shoulder & a 3 ½ lb. brisket. According to Smoking-meat.com, the ideal finish temperatures are 206 ºF for the pork, and 185 ºF for the beef. My calculations tell me that I’m gonna need to almost for 15 hours for the shoulder and about …
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Well, I did it again. I accidentally deleted my blog. I was experimenting with something, without backing up the site, and now I need to start all over again, ;(((((.
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