Lower Bucks Times Features Jonathan Sprout and Force For Good

In an engaging article, Samantha Bambino looks at the work of Southampton’s very own, Jonathan Sprout, and his latest project from the heart, Force For Good.

“Our intention is to bring light to people and organizations doing great things.”

— Jonathan Sprout

“As social media continues to become inundated with endless negativity, from COVID-19 death updates and drastic political opinions to the demon squirrels attacking New Yorkers, the world is desperately in need of some good.

And Jonathan Sprout is trying to provide it.

On Feb. 1, the Southampton resident and Grammy-nominated musician of 40 years will release Innocence…” [READ THE ARTICLE]

Behind the Scenes: Exceptional

While filming Exceptional in the company of differently abled people, Force For Good founder Jonathan Sprout experienced “their gift of love. My heart was opened in their presence,” he says. “Differently abled people are forced to experience challenges most of us never know about,” he continues. “This, among the best of them, enables them to develop character traits that have led to greatness in insights and accomplishments.” He cites two famous examples: author and activist Helen Keller, co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, and theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author Stephen Hawking.

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”

— Helen Keller

“I have compassion for differently abled people’s unusual challenges, and appreciation for what I often see as a complete lack of self-pity and an overt sharing of love. It’s as though the difficulties they have undergone have brought them closer to the reason why we live: to love. Many seem closer to that understanding moment-to-moment than I am even in my deepest meditations. It’s as if they live in that state of love and acceptance that I aspire to,” Sprout says.

Sprout’s inspiration served as the catalyst to create his instrumental composition “Exceptional” from the Passions CD, and the corresponding film. The filmmaker, and his co-producer Rodney Whittenberg, hope that the smiles, determination and love depicted in Exceptional will inspire viewers to overcome their own personal challenges and to reach their goals with confidence, compassion—and love.

—Hillary Black, Editor

Growing The Organic Movement - Rodale Institute

Headquartered in Kutztown, Pennsylvania and with Organic Centers in California, Iowa and Georgia, “Rodale Institute is growing the organic movement through research, farmer training, and consumer education.”

Check out this blog post from the Rodale Institute on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) farmers and environmentalists here.

—Hillary Black, Editor

“If you do just one thing—make one conscious choice—that can change the world, go organic. Buy organic food. Stop using chemicals and start supporting organic farmers. No other single choice you can make to improve the health of your family and the planet will have greater positive repercussions for our future.”

— Maria Rodale