Food is a foundational and basic human need. Without access to food, families find themselves in crisis mode and decisions made in crisis mode are never the best decisions. So often the thought is that hunger exists only in Africa, but access to food or the lack thereof affects Canadians as well.

Thirteen percent of Canadians live in a state of food insecurity, which means they do not have reliable access to adequate amounts of safe, good-quality, nutritious food. The root cause of hunger in Canada is low income, which consistently affects more than four million of us at any given time.   foodbankscanada.ca

Probably one of the highlights of our trip to Canada this year was spending time with a group of people from Sarnia Evangelical Missionary Church. The lead pastor of the church Deve Persad brought a team of people to South Africa in 2014. While in South Africa, the team seemed to have food and nutrition as part of their focus. They helped serve at a healthy food day for the children at Seed of Hope community development. It was fun watching the kids tasting raw broccoli for the first time and making vegetable faces on their plates. On that trip 2 of the team members, Les and Julia Henderson showed a particular interest in Farming God’s Way. They toured the demonstration fields in rural KwaZulu Natal with Dan and asked lots of questions.

Healthy Food Day! Kids tasting raw broccoli for the first time!

Fast forward to 2016, and you can imagine our delight to hear that Les and Julia had returned to Canada in 2014 and applied what they learned in South Africa to a fledgling community garden hosted by Sarnia Church.  In fact Les and Julia had established a small Canadian Farming God’s Way Team! Even before their trip to South Africa, Les and Julia had a heart for community gardening. What they discovered in South Africa were the principles behind Farming God’s Way which when applied to a Canadian garden worked brilliantly.
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On the day of our visit to Sarnia, Ontario, it was a sweltering hot August Day at 34º C, but we were greeted with raised beds of dark green veg and soil covered in organic mulch. The vision behind the garden is to provide food for the Food Bank. The Sarnia Community Garden team decided to ask the Food Bank what food was needed and the most useful in community distribution. They then planted what the Food Bank needed. On the day we visited there was much food to be harvested. The beans were fresh and tasty even after struggling the whole season with a Japanese beetle infestation. Incredible burgundy beets and dusky purple cabbage were also harvested.

In total on that August Day they harvested 85lbs of produce. Isn’t that incredible abundance?

This community garden has been a labour of love for the Sarnia FGW team. They have struggled with theft from the garden and upkeep. So far only a few people have committed to work in the garden and help with the maintenance. But they have big dreams. Julia asked, “What would it look like to train clients of the Food Bank to grow their own food? What if we invited them to be a part of maintaining the garden?” These ideas are what kingdom restoration is all about. What if we all dreamed about breaking the yoke of poverty in our communities?

Great work Sarnia EMC. You are an inspiration and encouragement to us! May you become leaders in championing the community garden network in Ontario.