ECHO-Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization is an organization that helps many countries worldwide. It is a non-profit Christian organization located in Fort Myers. It provides third world countries information on how to produce and maintain their own crops with little material. Also, as you walk around it gives you a demonstration on which types of vegetation are good to grow in certain locations with specific climates. A specific crop that is very good and grows in tropical or sub-tropical areas is the Moringa tree. This plant is said to cure many diseases. It contain four times the amount of calcium than milk, three times the amount of potassium bananas, and seven times the amount of vitamin c than oranges to name a few. It grows abundantly and is very helpful to third world countries that need nutrition. Another thing that amazed me about this place is the Drip Irrigation System. With only a bucket, a hose, a lanai cover, string, and wood to maintain it up high you can keep your plants watered with fresh water. The hose is placed inside the dirt and you use a minimum amount of water to sustain the plants. ECHO is a great place to go to and learn how there are organizations out there willing to help use the smallest amounts of materials to harvest crops.
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