[Scpg] Peddler's Wagon rolling into cybertown

[Path to Freedom]

PATH TO FREEDOM LAUNCHES PEDDLER'S WAGON, SUSTAINABLE AND PRACTICAL WARES 
FOR THE URBAN PIONEER

  (Pasadena, Calif.) -- Path to Freedom has opened an online store offering 
products useful for today's homesteaders seeking a simpler and more 
sustainable way of life, available at 
http://www.pathtofreedom.com/peddlerswagon .

  Peddler's Wagon products include ollas (unglazed clay pots) for irrigation 
and landscaping, gardening implements, solar ovens and grain mills, glass 
and stainless steel kitchen wares, fair trade food items, clothing, and "how 
to" books. The store's products are selected by the Dervaes family, whose 
hands-on experience has created a thriving, productive urban homestead at 
Path to Freedom.

  "I have admired what the Dervaes family has accomplished at Path to 
Freedom," said Carolyn, a former Pasadena City Official and gardening 
enthusiast. "I was inspired to buy two ollas for my Southern California 
native landscape yard. Irrigating with clay pots is a water-wise method of 
providing continuous moisture to plants. And the natural materials blend 
with my garden design."

  Income from the Peddler's Wagon will support Path to Freedom's outreach 
efforts, with 10% of the profits being contributed directly to nonprofit 
development and relief organizations. "We're not in this just for 
 ourselves," said Jules Dervaes, founder of Path to Freedom. "We have an 
obligation to pass along what we've learned about sustainable living and to 
make sure others have an opportunity even to live."

  Founded by Jules Dervaes in 2001, Path to Freedom is a grassroots, family 
operated, viable urban homesteading project located in Pasadena, Calif. The 
family's yard contains over 350 varieties of edible and useful plants that 
grow 6,000 pounds of organic produce annually. In addition, the Dervaes 
family raises chickens, ducks, goats, and worms; brews their own biodiesel 
to fuel their diesel car; generates electricity with solar panels; and cooks 
meals in earthen and solar ovens. Through Path to Freedom, the Dervaes 
family seeks to inspire others to live a more simple and ecologically 
sustainable way.