I can give you 90 million reasons to plant a tree and not one reason not to unless you are not interested in caring for that tree during your lifetime. Trees grow slowly, heal slowly, and die slowly.
Geraldolyn Horton-Harris is the winner of the AARP Entrepreneurship Scholarship through Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute. Horton-Harris launched her business, New Yerusalem Farm, in 2014. Her business grows and sells all organic salad leaves, herbs and edible flowers, arranged in bouquets.
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