Comments on: Frank gets a check http://www.biofortified.org/2009/12/frank-gets-a-check/ Stronger plants, stronger science, and stronger communication. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:17:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Karl Haro von Mogel http://www.biofortified.org/2009/12/frank-gets-a-check/#comment-1515 Karl Haro von Mogel Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:05:32 +0000 http://www.biofortified.org/?p=1066#comment-1515 Yeah Chez Panisse has only a few menu items, and we don't get to know what the menu is until right before we get there, as it keeps changing. I'll hardly be eating, too, though! Maybe we can walk over to Cafe Gratitude right after? Heh. There is some good potential with the Kiva thing, as a group. We could figure out a good one to fund, and drop some money into it, and encourage others to join us. Plus, in all likelihood the money would eventually come back and we could put it into another. Yeah Chez Panisse has only a few menu items, and we don’t get to know what the menu is until right before we get there, as it keeps changing. I’ll hardly be eating, too, though!
Maybe we can walk over to Cafe Gratitude right after? Heh.

There is some good potential with the Kiva thing, as a group. We could figure out a good one to fund, and drop some money into it, and encourage others to join us. Plus, in all likelihood the money would eventually come back and we could put it into another.

]]> By: Anastasia Bodnar http://www.biofortified.org/2009/12/frank-gets-a-check/#comment-1513 Anastasia Bodnar Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:58:58 +0000 http://www.biofortified.org/?p=1066#comment-1513 How exciting! That is an awesome photo of Frank! I like Mary's idea of a Biofortified Kiva team. My first thought was: but we probably wouldn't raise much funds. My second thought was: but that's the beauty of the microloan system! It doesn't have to be a huge amount to make a big difference. Although, you certainly can't deny the huge impact that Kiva's <a href="http://www.kiva.org/community/viewTeam?team_id=94" rel="nofollow">Atheists, Agnostics, Skeptics, Freethinkers, Secular Humanists and the Non-Religious</a> Team has had. We'll have to think about it. We could specifically choose projects related to agriculture and speculate on which traits might best help out the farmer as a thought experiment. As for Chez Panisse, I am looking forward to going to such a famous restaurant, but I wish I had more options besides desert and maybe a salad (depending on what day it is). You'd think Berkley would be more vegetarian friendly. At Cafe Gratitude, I could choose almost anything on the menu, and be self-affirmed at the same time. Ah well. I'll probably be too nervous to eat much anyway. I've never been to Berkley. I've visited San Francisco, Monterey, and Los Angeles, but I'm guessing Berkley is a whole 'nuther animal. I'm hoping to fly in for the weekend before the lunch and do a little sightseeing and possibly visiting. How exciting! That is an awesome photo of Frank!

I like Mary’s idea of a Biofortified Kiva team. My first thought was: but we probably wouldn’t raise much funds. My second thought was: but that’s the beauty of the microloan system! It doesn’t have to be a huge amount to make a big difference. Although, you certainly can’t deny the huge impact that Kiva’s Atheists, Agnostics, Skeptics, Freethinkers, Secular Humanists and the Non-Religious Team has had. We’ll have to think about it. We could specifically choose projects related to agriculture and speculate on which traits might best help out the farmer as a thought experiment.

As for Chez Panisse, I am looking forward to going to such a famous restaurant, but I wish I had more options besides desert and maybe a salad (depending on what day it is). You’d think Berkley would be more vegetarian friendly. At Cafe Gratitude, I could choose almost anything on the menu, and be self-affirmed at the same time. Ah well. I’ll probably be too nervous to eat much anyway.

I’ve never been to Berkley. I’ve visited San Francisco, Monterey, and Los Angeles, but I’m guessing Berkley is a whole ‘nuther animal. I’m hoping to fly in for the weekend before the lunch and do a little sightseeing and possibly visiting.

]]> By: MaryM http://www.biofortified.org/2009/12/frank-gets-a-check/#comment-1512 MaryM Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:32:12 +0000 http://www.biofortified.org/?p=1066#comment-1512 In fact, the Atheists were the first Kiva group to break $1mil in loans. It's not so micro when you team up.... http://www.kiva.org/about/inside/2009/10/07/first-kiva-team-to-reach-1-million.html In fact, the Atheists were the first Kiva group to break $1mil in loans.

It’s not so micro when you team up….

http://www.kiva.org/about/inside/2009/10/07/first-kiva-team-to-reach-1-million.html

]]> By: Karl Haro von Mogel http://www.biofortified.org/2009/12/frank-gets-a-check/#comment-1511 Karl Haro von Mogel Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:05:44 +0000 http://www.biofortified.org/?p=1066#comment-1511 Hmm, $50 is a micro-micro loan. I'm a big fan of microloans, and haven't yet put money into one. Particularly as I think one of the key parts of building up impoverished parts of the world involves empowering their people to be able to produce their own food needs. Whoa. The biggest lending group are non-believers. I ought to tell PZ about this... http://www.kiva.org/community Hmm, $50 is a micro-micro loan. I’m a big fan of microloans, and haven’t yet put money into one. Particularly as I think one of the key parts of building up impoverished parts of the world involves empowering their people to be able to produce their own food needs.

Whoa. The biggest lending group are non-believers. I ought to tell PZ about this…
http://www.kiva.org/community

]]> By: MaryM http://www.biofortified.org/2009/12/frank-gets-a-check/#comment-1510 MaryM Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:12:38 +0000 http://www.biofortified.org/?p=1066#comment-1510 Congrats team Biofortified! Hey, I have an idea: how about $25 or $50 to "seed" some Kiva lending to agricultural entrepreneurs in the needy areas? If you form a Biofortified team others who donate via Kiva can also start lending. And that money will come back (all of my loans except one have come back in full) and can be used for another person later. http://www.kiva.org/ Congrats team Biofortified!

Hey, I have an idea: how about $25 or $50 to “seed” some Kiva lending to agricultural entrepreneurs in the needy areas? If you form a Biofortified team others who donate via Kiva can also start lending. And that money will come back (all of my loans except one have come back in full) and can be used for another person later.

http://www.kiva.org/

]]> By: James http://www.biofortified.org/2009/12/frank-gets-a-check/#comment-1508 James Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:20:44 +0000 http://www.biofortified.org/?p=1066#comment-1508 I'm surprised you won't be eating at Cafe Gratitude where <a href="http://www.cafegratitude.com/cafemenufeb08" rel="nofollow">every item on the menu is an affirmation</a>. It is right across the street from Chez Panisse in Berkeley. But congratulations on the check and I bet you'll have a great time in Berkeley! Karl, I know your undergrad not too far away but I don't know if Anastasia has ever had the pleasure of visiting our fair city. I’m surprised you won’t be eating at Cafe Gratitude where every item on the menu is an affirmation. It is right across the street from Chez Panisse in Berkeley.

But congratulations on the check and I bet you’ll have a great time in Berkeley! Karl, I know your undergrad not too far away but I don’t know if Anastasia has ever had the pleasure of visiting our fair city.

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