by admin | Nov 12, 2013 | Appropriate Technology, Community, Community Driven, Culture, Gardening, Mission, Student, Sustainable Agriculture, Village Life
the team from h.e.a.r.t. in Callebasse, Haiti Today’s post is a tangent from our typical blogs. The Fall 2013 class had the opportunity to travel to Haiti to see first hand how the things that they are learning at h.e.a.r.t. are being used in a developing...
by admin | Nov 11, 2013 | Andrew Hillmer, Fermentation, How To, Nutrition, Primitive Cooking, Recipe, Values, Village Life
Sauerkraut is salted, fermented cabbage. It originated as a way of preserving cabbage through the winter, and continues to be loved today for its delightful, pickle-like taste. Sauerkraut may be the easiest fermented vegetable to make. It has just two ingredients:...
by admin | Nov 8, 2013 | Community, Community Driven, Culture, Mission, Nutrition, Phil Murphy, Spiritual Development, Sustainable Agriculture, Uncategorized, Values, Village Life, Worldview
One of the first things a person sees when living in the rural areas of Haiti is the great number of children. The United Nations estimates that more than 50% of the Haitian population is under the age of 20. When our family moved the House of Blessings Orphanage form...
by admin | Nov 5, 2013 | Ashley Carter, Community, Gardening, How To, Nutrition, Primitive Cooking, Recipe, Village Life
If there is a comfort food that I love it’s pasta. I think I could eat it everyday and never get tired of it. Dress it with veggies, sauce it a billion different ways, bake it, the list is endless. So naturally, my love for pasta led me to discover a simple recipe for...
by admin | Oct 31, 2013 | Appropriate Technology, Community Driven, Michael McDaniel, Mission, Village Life
Not everyone is a Walking Dead fan. Zombies are something you either love or hate (or kill if you are a real survivor). For those who are fans or watch the show regularly (because your friends or roommates make you) you may have noticed a few interesting things in...
by admin | Oct 27, 2013 | Academics, Appropriate Technology, Community, Michael McDaniel, Mission, Village Life
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” This Greek proverb was a phrase that kept coming to mind as the students and I worked together to install a small solar panel at h.e.a.r.t. last spring. This panel...
