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contents on the cover North Fort Myers based ECHO is a resource to world’s impoverished “smallholder” farmers. For ECHO's president and CEO David Erickson, equipping others with the knowledge and technologies they need to feed their families is more than a personal passion, it's a realization of ECHO's goal, to provide “Hope against hunger.”

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North Fort Myers High School celebrates the life of Ron Hoover

10 ECHO: Building hope from the ground up

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community connection

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16 ECHO’s seed bank helps feed the community, world

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community connection Successes on the Civic front this month Well Hurricane Season is upon us. At press time we were looking forward to the June meeting and a Hurricane Seminar to be held with Matt Devitt Chief Meteorologist from WINK TV. If you missed the June 14 meeting, and seminar, we will also possibly hold a Hurricane Ag Seminar in July. Please watch our web site as this will be scheduled before I write the June news letter. The Clash of the Irons was a great success. We raised $13,884 and, after expenses we put $9,093 in the bank. Not bad for the first year. A lot of credit goes to Doug Dailey, who organized and led the charge. Lee County held a Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday, May 21, at the North Fort Myers

Recreation Center. It ran from 8 a.m. until noon. Civic had members there led by Bob Hill. There were 72 visitors and 5,464 pounds of waste was received. Our scholarship recipients have been selected and will receive $1,000 each. They are Carlee Groeneveld, Coral Knowles, and Brooke Wright. These individuals had to live in North Fort Myers and meet other requirement set by the Scholarship Committee. Great job, girls and good luck in the future. School has ended. Please be alert when you drive and watch for the children. Please have a safe and happy 4th of July. And please become a part of the North Fort Myers Civic Association.

The next meeting will be on July 12 at 6:30 p.m. at North Fort Myers Recreation Center. Please come out and join us. Stay Safe and Healthy.

Danny Ballard President NFMCA

the pulse Lee County takes preparedness seriously Memorial Day weekend is often thought of as the unofficial start of summer and vacation is coming for many of us, but now is also the time of year when we must start thinking about and preparing for Hurricane Season. As Floridians, it’s a stressful topic but a necessary one that needs our attention. Like Benjamin Franklin said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” While last year’s season left us fairly unscathed — outside of our brush with Hurricane Elsa’s heavy rains which caused flooding in some areas — it still produced 21 named storms and was the third busiest on record. The Board of County Commissioners takes hurricane preparedness very seriously which is why our Public Safety’s Emergency Management Program has a state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center that is the command post for official emergency information when a hurricane becomes an imminent threat. Commissioners also just approved an updated Joint Unified Local Mitigation Strategy which helps Lee County and its municipalities identify our natural hazards, assess them, and identify actions to be taken to reduce or eliminate their impact based on the latest scientific based risk assessment techniques. You can use this type of strategy at home, too. Identifying your risk to different types of emergen-

cies is an important step to keep your family safe. In the case of hurricanes, knowing your evacuation zone is vital. Lee County is divided into five different zones, A, B, C, D, and E. During a storm these letters are how we communicate to the public which areas of the county need to evacuate due to storm surge and wind. This is done in a phased manner and our Emergency Operations Center may order the evacuation of Zone A before you see any effects of the storm. You can find your zone and our entire hurricane preparation guide by visiting our website www.leegov.com/hurricane. Another key factor in preparing for hurricane season is understanding what a hurricane shelter is like. In your evacuation plan, a shelter should be your last resort. Think of a hurricane shelter as a life boat, not a cruise ship. Should you need to stay at a shelter you will need to bring essentials with you like medications, important documents, some food and water, pillows, blankets, etc. These facilities are not like home. Not at all. For citizens who are oxygen or electric dependent — meaning they have certain medical equipment that needs a reliable power source to operate – the county does have special needs shelters. We require pre-registration for these shelters to ensure we have adequate resources for everyone’s needs. People can register by calling

(239) 533-0640 or visiting www.leeeoc.com, transportation is also available for those who need it. We live in a tropical paradise, and with that comes some risk from strong storms. However, if we have a plan in place, the stress and unpleasantness is a lot easier to handle when the weather turns bad. I encourage everyone to visit www.leegov.com/hurricane to learn more about how to get prepared. You can also download our All Hazards Guide which has everything you’ll need to know to put together a family emergency plan. I am honored to serve as one of your County Commissioners, and if I can ever be of service please do not hesitate to contact me at (239) 5332226.

Brian Hamman Lee County Commissioner – District 4

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on the calendar ‘Broadway & Beyond’ at Players Circle Theater Cabaret continues at the Players Circle Theatre. “Broadway & Beyond,” features theater favorites Natalie Brouwer and Matt Michael along with Brian Gurl. This entertaining program provides a musical smorgasbord of Broadway now and then—as well as patriotic songs. This show is scheduled for Friday-Sunday, July 1-3. Parking is free. Show times are Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 7 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $35. Tickets may be ordered online at Playerscircletheater.com, or by calling 239-800-3292. Box Office hours are Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All other times, leave a message at 239-800-3292. A special food and drink menu is available for nightclub patrons, serving delicious, shareable plates and drinks in the theatre 45 minutes before performances and during shows. Full dinner and bar are also available at the adjacent Southern Grill. Call 239-995-3999 for reservations. The Players Circle Theatre is on The Shell Factory campus at 16554 Natalie Brouwer and Matt Michael in Broadway & Beyond. N. Cleveland Avenue, North Fort Myers. Follow it online at Playerscircletheater.com.

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North Fort Myers High School celebrates the life of Ron Hoover Story by Chuck Ballaro For Ron Hoover, coaching football wasn’t so much about Xs and Os than it was about teaching life lessons that his players could use to help them become successful. Recently, Moody Field on the campus of North Fort Myers High School, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the life of Ron Hoover, the man who made North Fort Myers football into what it has become. It was an emotional tribute to a coach who could be tough as nails one moment, tender and caring the next, and act as a second father when he was called to be. Several speakers burst into tears when they spoke of shared memories, stories and the impact Hoover had on their lives. Ted Ferreira, who coached with Hoover throughout his tenure at North, said Hoover also was his first coach when he played at Fort Myers Middle School in 1958. “One of his favorite quotes was ‘Hard work times dedication equals success.’ Ask any player about his practices and his hard work,” Ferreira said. “We may have played teams that were bigger, stronger and faster than us, but we never faced a team that was tougher than us.” The theme of the evening was how Hoover taught his kids to be successful in life. Another theme was telling funny stories about the coach, such as how he and the coaching staff had to take care of the field. “Me and Wade Hummel had to paint the lines. Ron looked at the job we had done and said he could go over to the Big Still and find a drunk who could do a better job,” Ferreira said. “We told him if he could do better have at it. So, the next week, he was getting the machine ready when it exploded, and he come into the locker room whitewashed. It was the last time he complained about that.” Jay Wade, who played on Hoover’s first teams, said Hoover had inherited a team that had not won in three years, but his story wasn’t about Hoover making him a better ballplayer, it was about him saving Wade’s life and becoming the father figure he didn’t have at the time. “My family life had turned horrible. I started living in my car, and with anybody who would take me in. I spent many nights in the locker room because I had nowhere to go,” Wade said. “I was going to end it. I sat contemplating that, and I hear

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Sheila Hoover, the widow of Ron Hoover, is presented the American Flag during The Celebration of Life of Ron Hoover ceremony held May 13 at Moody Field. He died April 20 at the age of 88. Coach Hoover say ‘Don’t quit.” I called Coach Hoover, and he told me to come to his house, and we talked all night. The next morning, he told me I was moving in with him. He made me the man I became.” Robert Goodwin echoed that sentiment, as his parents were going through a divorce. “The influence he had throughout our lives; we wouldn’t be where we are today if it weren’t for Coach Hoover,” Goodwin said. “A good coach wins games. A great coach changes lives,” said a tearful Roger Pritchard, who played for Hoover from 1969-71 and played as integration of the schools started. “High school coaches had more to do with integration than any politician. He taught us to love our teammates.” Lehigh Senior head coach and former North player James Cheney and former North head coach Brian Makar also spoke, the latter saying “Would it be rude if I just said ditto?”

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Lindsey Hoover, the coach’s daughter, read a letter written by Bob Payne, his first quarterback, in 1969, talking about his coach and the impact he had on him. “For the first time in years, we felt like a team because of Coach Hoover. He always stressed that schoolwork comes first,” Payne wrote. “He demanded we show respect to other people and earn respect from the ones we come in contact with.” While Lindsay read a letter about dad the coach, his son, John, who was not among the speakers, talked about his dad, the dad. “We were best friends, and he coached me (from 1973-75), which is what made it great. He took it easy on me. It was the other coaches who got me,” John said. “Everything we did was like any good relationship with a father and son. I got to tag along with him on all his endeavors and on the sidelines for games, and as I got older, we did a lot of traveling together. My stories are about my dad.”

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LEFT: An entryway at ECHO is a succinct summation of the work ECHO Global Farms performs. ECHO is a worldwide organization with a globally renown experimental farm in North Fort Myers and regional impact centers in Asia and East and West Africa. Its president and CEO David Erickson leads the charge to eradicate world hunger. VALARIE HARRING ABOVE: The construction of the ECHO Global Farm in 2003 put ECHO’s demonstrations and research into the context of the challenges faced in diverse regions around the world. Mount Victor, elevation 25 feet, is one of the highest points in Lee County, and demonstrates hillside agriculture found throughout the tropics. PHOTO COURTESY OF ECHO

ECHO a dream realized Story by Chuck Ballaro At the time ECHO was founded in the early 1980s, it was quite common to turn on the news to learn the latest about another nation dealing with famine and starvation. Bangladesh, Nigeria, Cambodia and later Ethiopia and Somalia dealt with famine caused by drought and/or war that killed millions and starved many, many more. However, though famine has not been eradicated, the worldwide, Christian/based organization based in North Fort Myers that has taught local farmers how to maximize their harvests and even thrive in some of the toughest and harshest conditions has been a literal lifesaver for many. ECHO started with modest dreams and has done

much more than anyone ever could have imagined. Its 57 acres of Bayshore Road brings not only tourism opportunities but also serves as a lab to experiment with different techniques to help farmers worldwide feed their communities These farmers pass on what they’ve learned to the benefit of their families and the entire community. The result has been a sharp reduction in the number of people dealing with hunger worldwide. Meanwhile, here at home, ECHO brings people in worldwide to learn ways to grow food using the technology available to them while also offering a local element, featuring tours, workshops and areas on the farm where visitors can see what grows where. It started with five acres of flooded land, two people and a dream to change the world. Indiana businessman Richard Dugger led a group of high school students on a visit to Haiti in the early 1970s and was deeply moved by the plight of the people he met.

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Founder of ECHO, Richard Dugger, and the First CEO Dr. Martin Price celebrate a significant ECHO milestone -- the expansion of ECHO's property to include a Visitor Center, Library, and Pavilion in 2001.

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Dr. Martin Price, who led ECHO for 25 years faithfully, answers agricultural questions from all around the world. “He was touched by the depth of the poverty the farmers faced and wanted to come back to the States and do something about it,” said Danielle Flood, who has worked at ECHO for 15 years as communications director. They would call it ECHO, an acronym for Educational Concerns for Haiti (later Hunger) Organization and Christian laymen and clergy would soon participate, working on projects in Haiti in the early 1980s. Duggar would soon meet Dr. Martin Price and his wife, Bonnie, who would soon move from Ohio to Florida and purchase five acres off Durrance Road and plant the seeds of an organization now known worldwide for its efforts. “Dr. Price was a chemist and wanted to use science to help the poor. Together they founded ECHO and the Prices moved to Florida, having never been there before,” Flood said. There were problems right off the bat however, as the Prices quickly learned that growing tomatoes in Florida was entirely different from growing them in Indiana because of the soil, intense heat and constant summer rain. And, oh yeah, toads. “I got things growing, but I didn’t realize how different it is to garden here than in Ohio. Nobody thinks of toads, but they were eating the tomatoes,” Price said. “I also realized there was a water table rising, and soon there was nothing,” Price said. After three years, Price wondered if the farm was going to make it, but they persevered. ECHO's role in the world would become more clearly defined under Price’s leadership. ECHO’s resources were directed towards strengthening the work of other organizations. Under his direction ECHO became a growing pipeline for sharing information, ideas and techniques that would work. ECHO’s primary functions became to provide agricultural information to overseas workers, distributing seeds for promising food plants, and offering training opportunities at the ECHO farm, functions that exist today.

ECHO purchased another 7.5 acres in 1991. In 1998, a generous gift made it possible for ECHO to construct a visitor center and a technical resource building, which allowed for an expanded bookstore, tour reception area, and an expanded library as well as room for the office staff and volunteers. In 2001, ECHO received a grant to develop the Global Farm and Research Center in which six separate areas of tropical climates are simulated on the North Fort Myers farm. As malnutrition is most prevalent in the tropics, they tend to focus there. Tropical lowlands, tropical highlands, monsoon, semi-arid, rainforest clearing, community garden, appropriate technology and urban garden are featured today, run by interns. Flood said they have dropped ECHO as an acronym because it’s hard to remember and they want to be called ECHO as in “Echo good ideas around the world.”

Sharing the message locally Price would soon discover after opening the farm that people would visit and ask what he was up to. Price would stop what he was doing and show them around. It happened enough that he started asking people to come at 10 a.m. on Fridays so he could conduct a tour for those interested.. “For the first two decades we did tours on Friday at 10 a.m., expanded to Tuesdays when so many people started coming,” Flood said. “They started charging for tours about the time I came so they could reduce the number of people who came, and that year (2007) it (attendance) doubled.”

Now, ECHO does tours multiple times per day during season and three times per week in the summer. It holds numerous workshops and demonstrations throughout the year so local gardeners and farmers can learn growing techniques. It is also a research and demonstration site where techniques are tested. They take techniques tried in different areas of the world and test them on the farm to see if they work well so small farmers in need of assistance don’t have to take the risk of experimentation. “We do regular research projects, variety trials, we also test things and those findings are published to our network of workers throughout the world,” Flood said. “We also teach plant propagation, which is multiplying plants and this led us to build a nursery.” Of course, ECHO’s Christmas is the annual Food & Farm Festival that happens every March. What started as a single-day event has grown into three days of learning about exotic foods, sustainable living, innovative farming, and gardening. You can experience unique tours, tastings, cooking shows and make-and-take workshops. With Saturday being the open-air Farm Day Festival featuring hands-on activities for everyone. They also have a nursery and book store for people to bring home some of the exotic plants or learn about their favorite plants and make them thrive. “We have a lot of knowledge to share here with homeowners and gardeners. We have a lot of workshops and hands-on training classes. By allowing people to grow their own food, it helps the entire community,” Flood said. DREAM CONTINUED ON PAGE 15

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Volunteer Graham Scott conducts a lecture as part of a public tour of the ECHO Global Farm off Old Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers. Volunteers are an integral part of ECHO and are always needed. "We can use hundreds of volunteers a year," Communications Director Danielle Flood said. North Fort Myers Neighbor Living — northfortmyersneighbor.com — June/July 2022

For information on how to donate or volunteer: Call 239-543-3246 or email info@echonet.org Visit ECHO at 17391 Durrance Road, North Fort Myers Visit their website at www.echonet.org

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ECHO's president and CEO David Erickson leads an international mission to bring sustainable farming techniques to the world’s hungry.

ECHO: Providing ‘Hope against hunger’ Story by Meghan Bradbury ECHO's president and CEO David Erickson is a man on a mission — a global mission. He joined ECHO about a dozen years ago as a consultant and advisor and then was invited to join the staff as ECHO’s first chief organizational officer, working to develop farming outreach centers around the world. For Erickson, equipping others with the knowledge and technologies they need to feed their families is more than a personal passion, it's a realization of ECHO's pur-

pose: Hope against hunger. "There are extraordinary things going on all around the world,” Erickson said. ECHO is a worldwide organization with a globally renown experimental farm in North Fort Myers and regional impact centers in Asia and East and West Africa. ECHO provides training but also equips "smallholder" farms to be successful. When that applied knowledge is then shared more broadly, the battle against world hunger is one community closer to being won. “People can move from that survival mode into a space of thriving," he said. ECHO trains and works with these small farmers and gardeners, both men and women, to help equip them with techniques and technologies to be successful.

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Erickson said there are a little more than 400 million smallholder households around the world, producing up to a third of the total food grown. Most such family farm plots are less than 5 acres and many of these small farmers live in great poverty. If ECHO can work alongside and assist these individuals everyone benefits as malnutrition and hunger decreases, the land being cared for and adverse environmental difficulties are mitigated, he said. "What we share is more specifically relevant for the women and men we engage. They have the best chance of taking that and successfully applying that and seeing great results for their own families and communities. When that happens then that knowledge spreads because they are excited to share what they have learned

and the results they have seen," Erickson said. "As that spreads the benefits grow for more and more people and fewer children experience stunting and progressively have more opportunities for their lives." The first place to which Erickson traveled after joining the team was ECHO's Asia Impact Center in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. "That center had just been started and we held a regional conference for people that are involved in small skilled agriculture to share their experience and knowledge, learn from each other and to meet each other," he said. "It was such a joy to see that ECHO was connecting, supporting and helping people get access to others and knowledge and skills that could be helpful to them. That really helped me to get a clearer understanding of the power of that dimension of ECHO's position." He helped grow that center, as well as launch the centers in East and West Africa. "The people that we primarily serve, they don't have the luxury of taking risks to try out and invest the limited time and resources they have in things that are speculative," Erickson said. That provides the best practices and technologies that would be the most helpful for people in specific contexts. "We are providing resources and information that is highly likely to produce beneficial results," he said. "In many places the farming work, the gardening, the diets, can be improved by utilizing crops that are not as well known, or have been neglected. We have seed banks in Asia and East Africa where we focus on neglected or underutilized crops that people can benefit from. Being able to share those with people and seeing the difference they can make in their soils, productivity, farming practices, diet and health is an important dimension we can do." He became CEO and president of ECHO a little more than six years ago. Erickson still travels internationally at least four or five times a year. He has traveled to about 35 countries, many in the same regions. Some of those destinations are around Southeast Asia, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa and the Caribbean Central America region. "I have been privileged to go to many of the most difficult places in the world," he said, adding that seeing the resiliency of people is something he enjoys. "One of the things that is so humbling is when I am able to be with people that have been equipped by ECHO and have seen remarkable results. There is a generosity of spirit that is overwhelming and humbling.

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A rocket stove made from handmade bricks in Tanzania, East Africa. It burns twigs very efficiently. The team there is teaching people how to use wooden forms to create bricks in the right shapes to build a rocket stove with locally available and almost free materials.

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Planting in Zai holes - individually dug and prepared holes that allow food crops to grow despite poor or sandy soil - is one of the technique sites at ECHO. Successful efforts at test sites are shared with small farmers worldwide. North Fort Myers Neighbor Living — northfortmyersneighbor.com — June/July 2022

For information on how to donate or volunteer: Call 239-543-3246 or email info@echonet.org Visit ECHO at 17391 Durrance Road, North Fort Myers Visit their website at www.echonet.org

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ECHO's president and CEO David Erickson leads an international mission to bring sustainable farming techniques to the world’s hungry.

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Ashley Dawson, Emily Sawyer and Melissa Hall graft plants in the plant propagation area at ECHO Global Farms in North Fort Myers. Interns come from all over the country and the world to learn — and assist — at ECHO. Dawson hails from Ohio, Sawyer from Kenya and Hall, who now is the ECHO's propagation manager, is from Minnesota. VALARIE HARRING

People, that by western standards, have so little, are so grateful for what they have and so eager to share." An experience that stands out happened a few months ago while he was in West Africa. ECHO helped equip a woman with knowledge and best practices to raise her chickens in a better way, reducing the deaths that were happening while feeding them less expensively with other resources available to her. "Her flock had grown and the nutrition that was available to her family had increased. She was able to sell some of the eggs and birds and be able to afford more things for her family," Erickson said. When this woman heard that Erickson was visiting a community about an hour away from where she lived, she got in touch with the person he was traveling with and shared how much she wanted him to visit. "We made our way there later in the day and she was ready and waiting and took me out into her flock. She was explaining to me some of the things she had learned. She was so animated about it. As I was getting ready to go, she presented me with one of her chickens as a gift," Erickson said. In recognizing how limited her resources were, he personally did not want to take the chicken because it would be so much more valuable to her. "But I really needed to because she was so determined to express her gratitude," Erickson said. "It's humbling. She was the heroine in the situation. She was so eager to learn and put into practice what she

"We are providing resources and information that is highly likely to produce beneficial results. In many places the farming work, the gardening, the diets, can be improved by utilizing crops that are not as well known, or have been neglected. We have seed banks in Asia and East Africa where we focus on neglected or underutilized crops that people can benefit from. Being able to share those with people and seeing the difference they can make in their soils, productivity, farming practices, diet and health is an important dimension we can do."

DAVID ERICKSON ECHO PRESIDENT AND CEO learned, do the work and experience the blessing for her family." This experience is not unusual, and it is not really about ECHO, he said. It is about coming alongside

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people and equipping them with what God has intended for their life. "I have a privilege that flows to me that really is a byproduct of the commitment and effort of the work of a lot of people," he said. The work of ECHO started in the mid 1970s when Indiana businessman Richard Dugger went to Haiti with a group of young adults from his church. "The young people got exposed to a kind of poverty and some of the life challenges that they honestly weren't prepared for," Erickson said. It soon turned into the understanding that there needed to be knowledge of some of the plants and practices where people could actually produce more and better food to feed themselves, their family and their community. In 1981, Dugger acquired a parcel of land in Southwest Florida, the only place in the continental United States to practice tropical agriculture, which is relevant to much of the world that has challenges of hunger and malnutrition. Dr. Martin Price, former executive director, initially focused on Haiti where there was a long learning curve and recognition that a lot of challenges required a fundamentally different understanding of agriculture and practices. "ECHO began to develop as Dr. Price and his wife began to learn and draw interest and engagement from others. That was 40 years ago and ECHO has continued to learn and grow and engage globally," Erickson said. NFMLM

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ECHO around the world Of course, the most important aspects of ECHO are the things visitors at the farm don’t see. In fact, they are usually thousands of miles away in every corner of the globe, helping farmers become more independent. The farm supports the international impact centers. Much of the support they get comes from North Fort Myers, Flood said. The impact centers are located in Thailand, Tanzania and Burkina-Faso, and each of them is located to have the most impact in the region they serve. The technology and the plants they share are adaptive for the culture, climate and environment they serve. The volunteers speak different languages so they can train farmers in their own language. They also have access to travel so all the impact centers are impacting 10 to 15 countries. “The work we do is as diverse as the people we serve. In West Africa we target a very dry climate as they teach conservation agriculture techniques that minimize water and soil disturbance,” Flood said. The use of compost and liquid fertilizer increases the harvests, techniques some farmers had never heard of before. In Tanzania, the use of appropriate technology is used more so the crops can be protected from pests, stored long term and brought to market for a better price. In Thailand, seed banking is being done more, Flood said. “Being able to spread the seeds out allows for more diversity of what farmers can eat. It’s more than saving the seeds, picking them and putting them in a jar. How can you give a small bud room that will help the seeds last another year?” Flood said. The result of their work is nothing short of amazing. The farmers tend to use the techniques they have learned and most important, they share that information with others. About 90 percent of the people trained have implemented what they have learned and find it valuable to them and on average they share that information with 40 other people. “It’s incredible to see the impact ECHO had. We trained 6,530 people face to face last year, with more than seven hours of training each. We also sent 7,394 seed packets for free around the world. Multiply that by 40,” Flood said. Their website was viewed in 190 countries. Put it all together and you have a reduction in world hunger, helped in large part by ECHO and the farmers they serve being willing to share what they have learned. “COVID increased world hunger for the first time in 20 years, but we look at the United Nations Food & Agricultural Organization and it’s been decreasing over the last 40 years and we’re proud to have been a part of that,” Flood said. NFMLM

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The East African woman was trained by our team in East Africa and given Chaya cuttings. She then planted the cuttings and our team visited her home to see her plants growing. North Fort Myers Neighbor Living — northfortmyersneighbor.com — June/July 2022

Communications Director Danielle Flood shows some of the many seed packets distributed from the ECHO seed bank.

ECHO seed bank helps feed the community, world Story by Chuck Ballaro Photography by Valarie Harring As any gardener can tell you, you can’t grow much of anything foodwise without seeds. At ECHO, they supply the community and the world with all the seeds needed to keep nations from hunger. ECHO gets online orders for packets of seeds from all over the world for all kinds of plants. ECHO focuses on trial packets so they can supply samples of seeds they can grow along with their

local variety. Holly Sobetski, who manages the seed bank at ECHO, said they contact development workers they have in that part of the world. The workers get the seeds and distribute them to the small farmers with whom they work. “Farmers can see if they like the crop and get their own seeds from that. ECHO does not provide bulk seeds, instead, they provide new varieties or different crops people might want to try,” Sobetski said. The seed bank has been around as long as ECHO has. In 1981, the first seed bank was started in an intern’s refrigerator. Over the years, it has grown to provide around 1,500 varieties. There are also two seed banks overseas, one in Thailand in Southeast Asia and the other in Tanzania in Africa, with the banks focused on the

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farms in those areas. “Our seed bank is integral to ECHO’s history as the intentional outreach in the early 1980s. ECHO realized if they tell someone about seeds or a plant that could benefit their lives, but that person had no access to the plant, it doesn’t help them,” said Danielle Flood, communications director at ECHO. Dr. Martin Price, with and his wife, Bonnie, purchased ECHO's original 5 acres off Durrance Road, started with a textbook called “Underutilized Plants of the Tropics.” He started collecting seeds of these high-potential plants, storing them and sharing those with whomever asked. The first seed bank was created in North Fort Myers and it has great importance to the local community as well. ECHO sells 13 varieties of seeds in the book store so the public can come

and buy them to plant in their gardens, Sobetski said. “We selected plants that will grow well in this area and that people see on the tour and might be interested in growing,” Sobetski said. The seeds are used on the ECHO farm as well. They are also collected and tested for germination. They write about the potential for each crop. “A farmer or a network member may read about a crop that could grow in their area. They request a seed packet from ECHO, it grows well, they share it in their community, and people have a new food,” Flood said. The number of packets sent by ECHO annually increased annually until COVID hit. The nearly 14,000 packets they sent out each year dropped to nearly half because of closed borders, countries not taking shipments, and other factors. Locally, among the plants in demand here is moringa, one of the most nutritious plants in the

world, which is loaded with protein and vitamins and is easy to plant in Southwest Florida because the plant is subtropical. “Some people call it the miracle tree. It’s nutritious and high in protein and it can be dried and made into a concentrated vitamin powder that can be sprinkled on salads,” Sobetski said. “It increases nutrition and it's high in Vitamin A.” ECHO also has seed saving demonstrations every year at the Farm Fest and they have classes for people who want to save their own seeds for future growing, Sobetski said. Should you get seeds from ECHO or decide to save your own, learn how long the seeds are viable for. The lifespan of seeds varies from plant to plant. Some last as little as a few weeks, while others, assuming they are kept in a cool, dry place, can last years. “It depends on how the seeds are stored. Some SEED BANK CONTINUED ON PAGE 19

ECHO has seed saving demonstrations every year at the Farm Fest and hold classes for people who want to save their own seeds for future growing. PHOTO COURTESY OF ECHO

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ARC opens new animal health facility Story by Chuck Ballaro The Animal Refuge Center has more than 300 animals in its care at its facility at 18011 Old Bayshore Road. One of the most difficult responsibilities it has is to make sure all of the dogs and cats are healthy so they can quickly be adopted for their forever homes. On May 11, ARC went a long way to make sure they could do that more effectively when it held the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the Sharon Bodenhafer Critter Clinic, which will greatly enhance the care provided the cats and dogs that live or pass through the shelter before adoption. The on-site medical center will treat the hundreds of cats and dogs who have been surrendered, injured or abandoned by their previous owners. It took nearly three years of effort to build the facility in memory of Sharon Bodenhafer, a woman from Fort Myers Beach who rescued many dogs and cats for many years, though she had no relationship with ARC. “She and her husband lived all over the country but, on a personal level, she had always been very much into animal welfare, rescuing and rehabbing

animals,” said ARC president Wayne Leinen. “It was her dying wish that something be done to help animals in her memory.” Sharon’s husband, Chuck, was looking for the proper memorial for his wife, who died in 2017. “She had a tremendous love for animals. He visited several shelters and, because he and Sharon lived on a farm, they loved the rural feeling of ARC,” said Betty Hughes, treasurer of ARC. “We mentioned a few options and he said he was thinking of something more substantial than a dog lodge. Wayne said they could use a vet clinic.” “We were thinking small like a memorial garden or benches, but he was thinking of something more substantial and we were kind of joking when we mentioned that, but he latched onto that right away,” Leinen said. There were permitting issues and COVID and the supply chain issues that pushed things back a bit, but Chuck remained patient even as he wanted things to progress faster. The new $500,000 medical facility, at nearly 2,500 square feet, will be three times larger than the previous clinic, which was a refurbished home. It will provide all of the services a veterinary clinic can perform. “The old building served its purpose but the dream was to have a real sanitary clinic with epoxy floors, oxygen lines, digital X-rays. It has all that,”

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Hughes said. “We had a great staff, but it wasn’t optimal. Now, we have the design and construction and permitting. We had all these problems and all the crazy things that happened during COVID,” Leinen said. Clinic staff will spay and neuter, give them furry patients their shots, be able to operate on broken limbs, perform X-rays, do dental work and even administer anesthetize on new machines made for critters. “We’ll be able to much more effectively manage new intakes, manage quarantined animals. We can treat dogs with heartworm, and the way we treat them is the best way with injections. Now, we can treat many more of them,” Leinen said. “It’s a better area for that.” The Animal Refuge Center is the largest no-kill shelter in Southwest Florida that vows once an animal is taken in, it will not be destroyed to make room for another. Anybody interested in adopting a pet can contact ARC at animalrefugecenter.com. NFMLM

It took nearly three years of effort to build the $500,000 Critter Clinic in memory of Sharon Bodenhafer. Her husband, Chuck, wanted to leave a fitting memorial for his wife, who loved animals. PHOTO PROVIDED

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FROM PAGE 17 of the seeds that don’t last long are lettuce and onions while corn and beans can last pretty long,” Soberski said. “As the seeds age, their viability also goes down.” ECHO has information sheets on its website echocommunity.org on all the crops they have and gather information they have on each plant. NFMLM

RIGHT: Volunteers Moriah Peterson and Gabrielle “Gabby” Hepperlen sort seeds from plants grown at ECHO in North Fort Myer. Seed sorters check for color and shape, winnowing out bad seeds while preserving those likely to germinate. The seeds are then packed in small sample Communications Director Danielle Flood packets for worldwide distribution or sale packets opens the plastic guard that helps to be sold locally. "It's very maintain temperatures within the soothing," Hepperlen said. ECHO seed vault.

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Bohanon Foundation to hold annual football clinic

Story by Chuck Ballaro For six years, the Tommy Bohanon Foundation has held an annual football camp for all kids from first to eighth grade to teach them how the pros and major college players train to play football. After two years of decreased attendance because of COVID, the annual football clinic once again expects hundreds of youngsters throughout Southwest Florida to come out and train with the former North Fort Myers High School great who later played several seasons in the NFL. The free clinic will be held on Saturday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Moody Field at North Fort Myers High School, with most significant pandemic restrictions now lifted. “It’s a true chance for them to train like the pros. We set up 10 to 15 stations depending on how many FILE PHOTO sign up, and we have two or three coaches at each The free clinic will be held on Saturday, June 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Moody Field at North Fort station, all of whom have had college or pro experiMyers High School, with most significant pandemic restrictions now lifted.

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ence,” Bohanon said. “We’re running them through the same drills that NFL and college training camps have.” There will be no contact, but there will be passing drills, agility drills, bag tackling and blocking drills, and even a camp relay race at the end which determines who gets to eat first. Toward the end, Bohanon will speak to the campers about the importance of getting good grades and his journey to the NFL. Registration for this event has already been strong, with about 135 signed up, said Bohanon, who plans to cut off registration at 250. If anyone plans to sign up the day of the event, Bohanon advises they come early. As for the high school youths, they’ll be able to come and get volunteer hours for helping out. Additional volunteers will include teachers and members of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, EMTs, and North Fort Myers Fire Department who will be providing support throughout the day. As it has in the past, Tropical Smoothie Cafe of SWFL will generously cater a healthy lunch. Campers also will receive a T-shirt and a swag bag.

For Bohanon, this is the marquee event of the year as he gets to work with the youth of the community. He also holds the Man-Up Seminar for student athletes throughout Lee County. “It’s great to get out there in the summer and give these kids a chance to learn from the best coaches in the area and truly have a good time as well,” Bohanon said. The Tommy Bohanon Foundation, founded in 2017, is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to supporting young athletes to reach their highest potential on and off the playing field. Since then, more than $350,000 has been give back into the community through scholarships, sports equipment grants, community projects and donations for causes that positively impact the community. Foundation programs and community outreach events have helped countless kids in the Southwest Florida area. Opportunities to help through volunteering, participating, or donating, can be found at https://tommybohanonfoundation.org/. For more information, contact Katie Bohanon at 239-671-0441 or katie@tommybohanonfoundation.org. NFMLM

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