We need dreamers. Mott Green built dream castles in the air and put real foundations under them.
"He tended to flit about as a child, but with focus: he built go-karts using lawn mower engines; he ran the New York City Marathon when he was 16; he dropped out of the University of Pennsylvania just months before graduation — accepting a degree, he felt, would be capitulating to a corrupt social structure...He was eventually drawn to Grenada. Mr. Green founded the Grenada Chocolate Company in 1999. Its slogan was “tree to bar,” but that did not capture the breadth of the endeavor."
One reads his NY Time obituary with awe and sadness. Mott Green found his calling. Lived his dream. Sadly, an accident cut his amazing life short. Honor him by reading his obit, visiting the Grenada Chocolate Company website -- buying a chocolate bar. Indulge yourself, mon.
One of our C2S members lived on Grenada for two years, and we will ask her to comment.
"Whatever
you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius,
power, and magic in it. Begin it now." J.W. Goethe