A Dryland Vegetable Experiment

We, the Wiens, are continually trying to redefine how people and even we ourselves see resources. Usually when we think outside of our normal box, we discover resources that we hadn’t previously recognized we also identify resources that we may be wasting or misusing and most exciting of all we discover that we can create […]

Starting a Garden After the Loss of a Job

We would like to introduce you to Zama. Dan first met Zama almost a year ago. At that time, she was freshly graduated out of an agricultural institute, and had just started working at a call centre (a job she hated), because that’s all the work she could find and she needed a job. Dan […]

Compost Making in Ethiopia

Compost is such an important topic in our Farming God’s Way training. Using readily available ingredients to make rich organic inputs for soil is an excellent way of helping people to see that they have rich resources available. We spent a whole afternoon in Butajira making compost with our Ethiopian participants. They will now have […]

Increasing Our Impact in Rural KwaZulu Natal

A woman diplays her magnificent cabbage in Ntambamhlophe. Photocredit: Nicole Jones   Fear has gripped the village of Shayamoya in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province after the discovery of a decapitated body. The family of Zanele Hlatshwayo, 25, who has been missing since July, believe she was a victim of a cannibalism ring that has so far […]

An Unbelievable Opportunity for Impact in Ethiopia

On rare occasions, we are given a glimpse of a vision for transformational development through agriculture that is far bigger that our immediate local circumstances. And when we do, it changes things! It enlarges our perspective and refuels our focus. Dan experienced this epiphany recently on his latest trip to Ethiopia in May. Most of […]

Discipleship Through Agriculture

  We are often asked by students in our training classes, “Why can’t you just focus on agriculture skills?” Dan’s most common answer to that question is, “Skills are not enough. If I just teach you the agriculture skills, you will fail.” Farming God’s Way includes an understanding of working with God’s creation as well as […]

Making a Self Watering Garden Container

Self-watering containers are a must if you want to grow vegetables in a container. Most veggies don’t do well in a traditional pot – they don’t like the wet-dry cycle as they need a steady supply of moisture. We live in urban rented accommodation, lacking ideal vegetable growing space (though we’re praying for a different […]