Helen and Hugo’s Organic Farming Blog

Muhammed Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Prize winner 2006, is urging big business to make a difference in their hearts and not just their pockets. Yunus calls it ’social business’, a business which succeeds on helping other people not just for benefitting ourselves. A business that tackles chronic problems such as malnutrition, environmental decay and/or unemployment.

Yunus claims that human beings whilst being selfish we are also selfless, kind and do want to help people and make a difference to lives and make the planet better for ourselves.

We agree and support him. In particular we have a bank account with the Grameen bank here in Australia which loans money to the poorest of the poor to help end their poverty. It is a brilliant organisation and we encourage you to find out more if you too want to be effective in providing opportunity to those who have little choice in this world.

Visit: www.grameen.org.au and be inspired. For so little you can make a world of difference.

If you don’t brew your own beer and don’t know where to buy chemical free beer AND you are a beer drinker then you are likely to be getting more than your fair share of chemicals with every bottle that you drink!

We brew our own including natural honey instead of sugar in the brewing process and it is delicious - especially on a hot day. So when I read about Dean O’Callaghan who is committed to sustainable brewing I took note of his website: www.goodbrew.com.au which reads as follows…
What is a good brew?

A good brew is a sustainable brew.

A sustainable brew is brewed with traditional methods.
- Slow fermentation
- No chemicals

There is heaps more great info on the website, so do yourself a favour and go there. Find out how to support your health as well as the environment and the companies behind providing you with good beer.