In our last N2Y2 Featured Project Profile of the week, we talked with Jim Slama of FamilyFarmed.org. You can listen to the audio recording of the interview, and FamilyFarmed.org's 5-minute pitch at the NetSquared Conference on the NetSquared Podcast.

JS: My name is Jim Slama. I'm the President of Sustain and the Founder of our FamilyFarmed.org project. FamilyFarmed.org connects local and organic farmers with both consumers and trade buyers. We do that in a number of ways, one is through our website, which has profiles and stories and pictures of farmers from states throughout the Midwest as well as Ontario, Canada.

We also have the FamilyFarmed.org Expo, which is both a consumer and a trade show. It's really all about introducing people to these farmers, and artisanal food producers, and helping them connect with them, learn what they do and what they grow, and really building that direct relationship with these producers.

Below is a transcript of a podcast interview conducted this summer with Peggy Duvette, the Director of WiserEarth. WiserEarth was one of the 21 Featured Projects at the 2nd NetSquared Conference. You can hear the audio recording of the interview on the NetSquared Podcast and hear WiserEarth's 5-minute pitch at the Conference here.

Peggy Duvette: Hello! My name is Peggy Duvette and I've been the Director of the WiserEarth Project for the last two years. We are based in Sausalito, California. I'm thrilled to be here today with you, Britt, and the whole NetSquared community.

WiserEarth is a website that helps people and organizations working towards sustainability and social justice to locate each other, share resources and build alliances. And just like Wikipedia, it's a community-based platform where all the content related to environmental and social justice is traded and updated by the community.

You can quickly and easily see who is working on what and where. So for example, if you are a funder, and you're trying to identify organizations working on specific issue areas, like human rights, and you want to learn about that work, you would do your research on WiserEarth and then you could connect with them directly. WiserEarth is really trying to allow people to connect and collaborate, especially when they're doing similar work.

Another thing to note is that whether you're a small organization or a large one, on WiserEarth, we are all on a level playing field. Everyone has the same visibility and a place to share their work and request what they need.

Britt Bravo: Where did the idea for WiserEarth come from?

Here's the latest round up of news about some of the Featured Projects from the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2).

We'd like to conclude our round up of N2Y2 project proposals by location with a look at the proposals that came from outside of the United States, as well as a couple that are virtual or don't have a centralized location offline.

If you would like to become a member of the Innovator Support Network and help out one of these projects with your expertise, services, products, or other resources, contact Billy Bicket at bbicket@compumentor.org.

We're finishing up our review of US-based projects that were nominated for a chance to go to the NetSquared Conference with a list of projects from the Western United States.

Next week we'll show you the projects that came from Canada, South and Central America, Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Today we are heading South!

We've looked at N2Y2 project proposals that originated from the Northeast and the Midwest, and today we'll look at ones in the South.

Obviously, you can offer support to any of these innovators, wherever you live, but I'm dividing them up by location just 'cause I think it is nice to give back to your local community and to be able to meet with an innovator face-to-face.

Yesterday we highlighted N2Y2 project nominations from the Northeastern United States. Today we're shining a light on projects out of the Midwest.

If you have hands-on expertise, products and services that you would like to donate to a project near you, contact Billy Bicket at bbicket@compumentor.org.

NOMINATED PROJECTS IN THE MIDWESTERN US

Do you have hands-on expertise, products and services that you would like to share with an innovator who is using the Web for social impact?

We have over 150 projects proposals for you to choose from. Although we were only able to have 21 Featured Projects go to the NetSquared Conference, there are many other amazing nominated projects that need your support.

Peter Deitz is continuing to be a Net2 rock star with his campaign to raise $10,500 (21 Projects x $500) before the start of the NetSquared Conference on May 29th. He is asking 500 people (like you) to give $21 so that each of the Featured Projects can receive $500 as a way of saying, "We Like What You're Doing." He made a short video about the Projects and the campaign which you can view here:

We've just put up a "gallery" of the 21 Featured Projects that were chosen to go to the NetSquared Conference. Give 'em a browse.