Three Revolutions, The World's First Farm And Food Crowd-Funding Platform Launches A New Project: Dancing Bee Gardens

Three Revolutions, the world's first crowdfunding platform for farm and food launches Dancing Bee Gardens, a bee-keeping operation focused on teaching, sustainable, non-chemical and drug-free beekeeping. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) August 15, 2012 - Three Revolutions, the world's first crowdfunding platform for farm and food launched last week. Yet the young start-up is already creating a noticeable buzz, both figuratively and literally. One of their projects -all of which are focused on connecting farm and food innovators to the average consumer- features Dancing Bee Gardens, a bee-keeping operation focused on teaching sustainable, non-chemical and drug-free beekeeping.

Bees are a critical species on Earth, responsible for a great deal of the world's pollination. National Geographic estimates that in the U.S. alone, bees are responsible for up to 30% of our national food supply. Experts have been alarmed then that the world honeybee population has steadily declined over the past few years. Fortunately, this unnerving decline has seen a corresponding increase in the apiary movement. Enter Dancing Bee Gardens.

Ross Conrad, former President of the Vermont Beekeepers Association and head beekeeper with Dancing Bee Gardens, understands the importance of the apiary movement. As Conrad explains it, the apiary movement is a simple process of "learning more about what does and does not help the bees."

Conrad's Dancing Bee Gardens is dedicated to "assisting beekeepers to better help the bees, who better help the plants, leading to a better world for all."

This fits perfectly into Three Revolutions credo: funding food and farm projects that lead to a more sustainable and tastier world.

Given the current, gloomy economic state, Conrad appreciates the efforts of funding platforms like Three Revolutions. "The best feature of 3R and similar groups is that they bypass the traditional bank/loan/interest system that causes many companies to close their doors and farmers to lose their land. "[..."homeowners to lose their homes, and municipalities and countries to consider bankruptcy." I would leave this out. I agree, KL.]

"Crowdfunding groups allow people to decide what is worth supporting -- rather than allowing an individual or small group who have only their company or own self-interest in mind when deciding whether to approve a loan. And the best part is that the recipient is not bogged down trying to pay back a loan with interest."

Three Revolutions funds projects like Dancing Bee Gardens because they believe in farm and food crowdfunding can revolutionize the way our country looks at the food we eat. As for Ross Conrad?

"My hope is that [farm and food crowdfunding] will grow as both the local food movement gets stronger and politicians continue to fail to adequately address the structural flaws built into our current economic system."

So what can fix the structural flaws built into our economic system? Well we're not entirely positive, but perhaps it starts with a revolution. Or Three. Get Buzzin!

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