Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Friday, July 31, 2020

"Some animals are more equal than others"

During the years I have often reverted to this novel by George Orwell, Animal Farm. For those of you who have never read it, I can summerize it as follows: The animals on a farm oust its "owners" the farmer and his family and take over the day to day running of the farm. Very soon, the revolution is hijacked by the pigs on the farm that start to oppress all the other animals. Not long after, the pigs start dressing up in the farmers clothes, eating his food and drinking his wine behind locked doors. The other animals peek in at the windows at their nightly feast. This describes the events in our country once again.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

The answer is blowing in the wind

L$205.1281/US$1.00 How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? Yes, and how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind Yes, and how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, and how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind Lyrics from Blowing in the wind, Bob Dylan.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Law business

L$194.7185/US$1.00 What make it that we like law business so? Wherever you turn, everybody arguing about law business. This one and that one. Everybody can just be invoking different laws. You go this side, this other one know it. What?! But when you go look, nobody know how to make farm. Nobody knows how to make anything but trouble. We bringing all kinds of foodstuff from abroad. When we go look, our paper money just getting useless. That it now oh.

Wednesday, October 09, 2013

This dry season...

We all have basic needs and necessities. Within these, there is a business for everyone. You do not have to wait for a government job to come home. That frame of mind is what is wrong with us. You do not have to get employment with anybody just to come home. No. That is the cowardly way to think. You know how Liberia is and you know what you are able to do. Keeping that in mind, it is time to explore the thousands of business opportunities that are here. First of all, you need somewhere affordable to live. It is up to you what comforts you need in your life, but remember, you used to live here before. Once you can check housing off your list, I would recommend that you at least come here and check out the possiblities for yourself. My own passion is food, because everyones needs food. Go to the markets and talk to the women who are selling foodstuffs. Find out the local prices of things that are sold there. Find out what is locally grown and what is imported. Go to the shops and see what is sold by the foreign merchants. By finding out the economics of various products availiable you can determine the demand that is there. From this info you can start to make a basic business plan. Your next step is to find land to buy/lease. Based on the size of your capital, you make the appropriate investments in land, tools, machinery, labour and start to grow whatever it is that you found that is demanded by the local market. There are best-practice sources for just about everything on the net. There are even non-govermental organisations here that teach the necessities in the farming of various crops. Use these. Once you get started, you have to start planning about how you are going to harvest. What do you need to do to get your goods to market as fast as possible. Is there anyway to add more value to what you are growing. Can you refrigerate, freeze, preserve, dry, cure,salt your produce or could you sell it to a wholesaler or directly to the market women or in your own shops. As you can see, the limit is your own imagination. Things we import a lot of: Meat Eggs Poultry Tomatoes Pepper Orange juice Do not forget: Separate your private money from your business money.