Georgia
Teen’s Biscuit Business Goes to the Dogs
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011When 16-year-old Zach Eller was six he asked his friends to bring dog food to his birthday party instead of gifts so that he could donate it to the local animal shelter. His interest in dogs’ welfare led him to create a booming dog biscuit business that can turn out upwards of a thousand treats a day.
“It’s peanut butter, applesauce, flour, eggs, milk and cornmeal and then we put sesame seeds on the top,” reports Zach, the head chef and CEO of Woof ‘em Down Dog Biscuit Company. He and his friends make the treats then sell them online and at farmer’s markets.
“Every year just in Atlanta, there are six to eight million dogs that are homeless that have to be put down. And I’m just trying to save as many as those as I possible can,” Zach told myFoxAtlanta.
Zack Eller (above, with his dog, Bear) started a dog biscuit business to help homeless dogs be rescued and adopted. (Photo via HUMANE SOCIETY)
Homemade Dog Biscuits Help Homeless Pets
Sales from Zack Eller's homemade dog biscuits help local animal rescue efforts. (Photo by MyFoxAtlanta.com)
Blogger Tries a New Food Every Day
Friday, January 28th, 2011Lychee, quince, Armour potted meat, hot pepper jam – who eats this stuff? Chris Francisco from Atlanta, that’s who. The 36-year-old musician is on a year-long mission to try a food he’s never had before – every single day. He then blogs about it on Who Eats That Stuff?
Blogger Chris Francisco from Atlanta, GA, tries a new food every day. (Photo from WhoEatsThatStuff.
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Many entries are foods some teens are already familiar with, like blood oranges, parsnips, pomegranates, liverwurst, moussaka, and tabbouleh. But what about Orion cuttlefish peanut ball snacks or lamb heart? Chris had never tried any of them before – until he did.
“I’m not gonna lie,” he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Jill Vejnoska. It hasn’t been easy all the time.”
Teen’s Garden Feeds a Dozen Families
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Hoping to help out his hungry family and neighbors, 18-year-old Birendra Odari planted a community garden in his Atlanta neighborhood. The plot, filled with tomatoes, okra, lettuce and more, yielded enough produce to feed 12 families. Birendra’s garden is among more than 200 in metro Atlanta, a number that’s growing as the economy declines. As spring approaches, Birendra is already prepping the land for this year’s crop.
“Many people in my community didn’t have jobs,” Birendra, a refugee from the South Asian country of Bhutan, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “We plan to make gardens in every apartment where there are Bhutanese. If it is helpful for the whole community, it is better.”
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