Okay--here goes...I am going to be accused of negativity, but should we really believe the Internet is going to solve our problems?  What about these efforts?:

http://www.clevelandideas.com/
http://www.geniocity.com/

...and more... the now-defunct voicesandchoices...

Talk, talk, talk...Yeah, we can talk, alright.  I briefly met Marc and I am a believer, but I am disheartened by the "framework" we have to live with here in Cleveland.  It's not going anywhere.

As Phoebe and I approached home after a stroll around the block to check in on neighbors, we spotted Marc sitting on the porch. As he waited for George Nemeth and crew to arrive, we discussed agriculture and ideas. He will visit his alma mater and the George Jones Farm today and meet Brad Masi. Marc is getting to know NEO - the realNEO. I wonder how different his tour has been from what TeamNEO does for entreprenuers and thought leaders.

Here's some of what Brad may explain to him:

ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/OH/pub/Programs/frpp/FRPP_factsheet.pdf

http://www.bluelagoon.com/

Land management, if you are agricultural then you would be defined as that, a set of parcels of land and what you put on the land really needs to be safe. Then things like water sheds they really should not be in proximity to farm land. There should be buffers, natural filters like dense woods. I would think that OHIO would have cooperatives of growers, that if done smart would inable them to mange intelligently and safely.

So simple, big markets like food terminals and then smaller markets and then even smaller markets. It all got so big, towards the end, maybe it just my end? So impersonal so mechanized.

I would like to move the Belize and raise chickens, did you know certain chicken lay turquoise eggs? Araucana chicken lay blue green eggs. I think if I produce eggs then I should get the percentage of the profit made for the total sale of eggs. Just like the fish in Iceland?

A chicken can support how many people, with eggs, but some do not like eggs. But what about flour as in grain how much is needed per person daily? This is actually a real issue in some countries, that being a matter of survival, day in day out. Its all odd, strange, weird, call it what you like, but we have what 10 million people to feed everyday. Then you have imports and exports food moves across the globe. 

You know the Icelandic people are very smart, that’s not subjective, they actually have on average having a masters degree. The fisherman have masters, and they made fish a commodity. The consumption that being the market defined when they fished and no matter the amaount caught, they all get paid. If they catch .05% of the quota then they get .05% of the proceeds. The difference between a push system and a pull system. But then unrelated to any of this Icleandics got greedy in finance and collapsed their banking system.

I love Iceland and also Belize….I am really off track.

But look,

Commoditizing of food caused the population growth and everything that came with it.

If you look from the sky you can see it the expanses of farmland, you can also see how often it is traversed by rivers and streams. Sometimes nearly to the edges so what ever goes on the field goes into the water.

Bags of flour, bags of rice, bags of corn….did you ever think about that? It is always there in the store ready to go.

Here is some information about protecting Ohio farm land. 

Marc is selling a product, a frame work for social networking.

His web site is all about technical jargon, he is not really a salesperson is he? Like an arms dealer does not fight in the war.

Custom made shirts from India, to me that’s like saying something imported from China is exotic.

  Four years ago...
 

Better utilization of communities' limited resources and IT investments will allow communities to remain competitive and accelerate their economic development. Also, collaboration among local and regional organizations can help stimulate local economies by creating new jobs, attracting highly skilled workers and retaining growth companies.

Susan, you ask: Remember this? How're we doing? 

Not so well...

This is what resulted from that

http://www.onecommunity.org/

So you have two workers using the same application in two different location, and they are not saying “this network is such a piece of crap” they are complaining about something else though, I bet.

I wonder if the algae will be bad this year? Die and fall to the bottom the lake in late summer and deplete the oxygen? “dead zone” It does not happen every year and is not perpetual. It is caused by phosphorous used in agriculture (a reason to buy organic) and found in cleaning products (read the label).

I understand that sometimes people have to be hit over the head to make them accountable, but the term “dead zone” is making people think more ominous thoughts as if the center of the lake is a toxic cesspool or something. It is all related to nutrients and too much causing algae to grow too excessive and directly caused by phosphorous. They could limit or restrict uses of it and also campaign on that, what the EPA should be doing and is not. It is like prompting the EnergyStar products and also lobbying to raise the standards.  Things that work on society and its behaviour.   

NEO has one of the largest and fastest fiber optic network in the world, the president called for advancement in medical records technology. That lines up with that, functionally ahead of the game.