pollyguo: ‘Because when he saw nature, he didn’t see waste. He saw everything had a purpose and ever
pollyguo: ‘Because when he saw nature, he didn’t see waste. He saw everything had a purpose and everything had a usefulness. Everything could be used again and again and recycled back and forth. And so before we have the R’s (before we have recycle, reuse, reduce) that was him. He was organic pre-organic. When people go “what is important in black history?” they don’t think about the fact that we were up front in saying we cannot have all these chemicals in our food. We don’t get credit for that. Just like we don’t get credit for many things.’ - Elandria Williams of the Highlander Research and Education Center -- source link
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