The Chlorella Project and steemit: Food For Thought

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My husband had a dream last night. When he wakes up and starts mumbling things at me, I've learned to listen, as it is not the first time that his night time travels have shown him things to come.

In this dream he was driving on a back road through beautiful country and passed an aging man struggling with a beehive. He backed up and got out, offering to lend a hand, and found he was looking at an older version of himself.

This other him had injured his hand, so he grabbed a veil and helped him work while the older him stated "Welcome to the Chlorella Project" He looked around and saw a house, and on the porch was my mother weaving a basket. Beyond the house there was a vineyard and an orchard where he could see people hard at work, while others were simply wandering. He spotted a woman on a chair in front of an easel, painting the scene.

The older him then took him to the house where an older me was cooking something on the stove, and turned to give him a knowing smile.

"We started the Chlorella project some years back", the older him explained, "where anyone in the world can come and stay for seventy two hours and work on a variety of different things. Some come to write, some to make art, some to work in the vineyards and orchards, some with the bees. It became a movement and chlorella projects popped up all over the globe, essentially you can go on vacation from one project to the next learning to different things or being inspired with your art by the different atmospheres and cultures."

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The older me then turned on a computer and what he saw on the top left of the screen was bitcoin in the number one spot..and steem right under it at number two.

This is when he woke up.

I did a search on Chlorella and found this in wiki:

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Chlorella is a genus of single-cell green algae. Through photosynthesis, it multiplies rapidly, requiring only carbon dioxide, water, sunlight, and a small amount of minerals to reproduce.

Many people believe Chlorella can serve as a potential source of food and energy because its photosynthetic efficiency can, in theory, reach 8%,which exceeds that of other highly efficient crops such as sugar cane.

Chlorella is a potential food source because it is high in protein and other essential nutrients; when dried, it is about 45% protein, 20% fat, 20% carbohydrate, 5% fiber, and 10% minerals and vitamins. Mass-production methods are now being used to cultivate it in large artificial circular ponds. It is also abundant in calories and vitamins.

When first harvested, Chlorella suggested as an inexpensive protein supplement to the human diet. Advocates sometimes focus on other supposed health benefits of the algae, such as claims of weight control, cancer prevention, and immune system support.

Is this project in my future, or in the future of the steemit community? Well it remains to be seen, but we've always hoped to have a large homestead for our retirement years, and we love to share and learn from others, so it is definitely something to consider.

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