Month: May 2013
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Ride Across Belize
Video shows riders entering Gracie Rock at Mile 20 on the George Price Highway. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwQg2Btw7ec&feature=em-upload_owner
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My Second Video Post: First You Tube Video
My second video was a bit different as I did not need to search for content but rather it came to me in a burst of surprise and laughter. We were in Merida watching the final game between Club America and Cruz Azul. We stayed at my grand nieces and the mood was festive with…
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My Video Post
Technology is making it easier and easier for the convergence of the various pieces of hardware and software, that what would have been unthinkable in the past due to the complexity of the process, now makes it easy with so much at our fingertips. First of all while I used to do most of my…
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Establishing Nursery and Planting
By May 15, 2012 most of the fruits were in season and were on the end of their cycle, thus preparations began for the establishment of a nursery to plant the seeds obtained from the local trees as well as seeds obtained from friends. These included Cashew, Suriname Cherry, Custard Apple, Mango, various palms, BuKut, peppers,…
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Making Wine and Jam from Golden Plums – Belize
The final experiment in wine making for 2012 was with Golden Plum, a popular fruit that grows in most of Belize. While I have tried to research the universal name for the fruit, I could not find it, but I had enough ripe plums to make wine and jam. The process is the same as…
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Making Guava Jelly
A fairly decent crop of guava this year and experimenting as usual with the value-added component of the product development process, I decided to try for the first time in my life to make Guava Jelly. I consulted a number of persons and decided to give it a try. I did not make guava jelly…
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Making Craboo Wine
Like the other wine making processes that I have posted, the cashew wine did not pose much of a problem in the removal of the seed as it is external to the fruit. In the case of the Suriname Cherry and the Craboo the removal of the seeds would make for a better process however…
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Micro-Micro Enterprise – Location, Location, Location
Enterpreneurs at the Micro enterprise levels have probably never read a book on marketing, and probably have never attended a training on the elements of the marketing mix which are Product, Price, Promotion and Place. But they seem to have the right skills and knowledge to follow the traffic and establish their business at those locations where they can…
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Cashew and Cashew Wine
In 2012 I had 50 cashew trees and only 30 of them bore fruit in this year. While the previous year a number of them bore fruit, this year 2012 the crop was much better. The harvest included extra large red ones, medium red, medium yellow and very small yellow (one bite size). Having had…
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Visit to Kin Yuc Tilapia Farm in Motul near Merida, Mex.
Visited the Kin Yuc Tilapia farm in Motul, abour 50 Km from Merida Yucatan Mexico. The farm has 6 – 12M Diameter tanks and 2-8M Diameter tanks, the former for the larger fish and the latter for the fingerlings. Photos attached feeding the fingerlings, harvesting the tilapia, sorting and weighing the tilapia, and the tank…
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