I can honestly say that I believe Stefan and I are quite smart and creative when it comes to new business ideas. We have created quite a few companies over our lifetimes and we’re barely even 30. I honestly do believe it has something to do with our current generation and a totally different way of thinking…and am sad to say that I don’t have very high hopes for the current generations in high school and college…but that is a rant for another post entirely.
My mom sent me an article from CBN.com this morning which really made me realize that we’re not nearly as creative as we think. A family living on 80 acres of Kansas prairie has come up with an idea which I have to admit is rather brilliant. Prairie Tumbleweed Farm (their page www.prairietumbleweedfarm.com was unfortunately down the last time I checked) harvests natural, organic tumbleweeds once a year and has been doing it now for three generations. They are selling 20+ inch versions for $25 which sort of seems like a bargain. And apparently they have managed to get in good with the Japanese because they actually have a Japanese version of the website. Even NASA has used them to simulate Mars tumbleweeds…although I would guess they probably had to pay more since NASA, much like the government, rarely pays reasonably for anything.Now if you are thinking this sounds like an interesting venture and you already have some prairie land, here are some details from wiki on tumbleweeds:
In several annual species, those known popularly as “tumbleweeds”, the plants break away from their roots in the autumn, and are driven by the wind as a light, rolling mass, scattering seed far and wide. The seeds are produced in such large numbers that the plant has not developed protective coatings or food reserves for the coiled plant embryos. The deep, ineradicable taproot survives to grow again the following season.
Could cultivation BE any easier?? And they can also be eaten which may be why the Japanese are ordering them – apparently it’s used sometimes in sushi.
Anyone got a prairie they want to sell? 🙂 Or perhaps if you read this and get inspired to start your own farm you’ll be kind enough to send us a kickback? lol
