Sometimes, seeing, really is believing. To walk alongside a field of 3.2m high maize and see the abundance of growth is awe inspiring in this season of drought. We wanted people to experience first hand how Farming God’s Way principles preserved our field this year. On Feb. 4, we had our first open field day […]
You may recall that, just over a year ago, Zeph and I were in Zambia, near Livingstone, for our annual Farming God’s Way “in-field mentoring.” This is an annual gathering designed to hone our training skills, move the up-and-comers through the steps required for training accreditation, and to strongly support the efforts of local trainers […]
When the chief invited us in 2013 to begin agricultural training in the Mdumezulu/ Itshehlophe area, we didn’t expect that there was an evolving strategy of community gardens in Itshehlophe. Gogo Mseleku above is part of Nkangala Community Garden which belongs to a small, community-based NGO called the Ntabalende Development Project. Ntabalende exists to grow […]
We recently had the privilege of a visit from Dr. Phil Delsault, President of the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada, and Lou Geense, Associate Director of EMCC World Partners. They came just to see what’s happening on the EMCC’s South African mission field, and to be an encouragement to us. And an encouragement they certainly […]
What does your community need? It was a simple question, and of the 22 entrepreneurs attending the Paradigm Shift training at Seed of Hope, just about each one of them took some time to process. It seemed like a new concept to them. As entrepreneurs, they need to know their customer base and they need […]
A brown box… everyone looks at it with curiosity. It sits on the table and it has a rope tied around it so that no one can look inside it. The facilitator asks for volunteers. Who would like to participate in this exercise? Many hands go up. This is our first Bhekulwandle community gathering at […]
I just had to pass on this story of renewal from Tanzania. This is what Farming God’s Way methods do to restore the fertility of the land. After being in Zambia where the soil is dry and dead, it gives me hope for what is possible. Alan Gardner writes: “We met this man Martin for […]
After a lengthy hiatus, our vegetable gardens are back in production! The hiatus was caused by a 3-month home assignment to Canada, and the fact that I was a 1-man team in Farming God’s Way. Now I have more time to devote to FGW, there is no travel on the horizon and, most exciting, we […]
With the upcoming celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela on February 11, 1990, it seems timely and essential that I am reading the autobiography of this great man. It is called “Long Walk To Freedom” and is a fascinating read so far and I am only in the first few […]