With assistance from United Church Canada and Canadian Foodgrains Bank, farmers in the Nkayi District of Zimbabwe have been implementing a farming system known as “Farming God’s Way”. What is it that makes this farming system so unique to deserve such a title? Have all the other farming methods come short of God’s standard?
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A chicken changed Lorne Underwood’s life. Five years after he held that chicken, it still brings tears to his eyes.
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It’s such an ordinary thing, this pumpkin plant. For a passerby, it holds no particular meaning. But as Rina Fokir points to it and tells us her story, tears well up in her eyes.
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In February, I had the opportunity to visit the Central American country of Honduras where I participated in a two-week study tour organized by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
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As the bus pulled up to the village of Kwanga in Eastern Kenya, I could see the group of over 100 people waiting for us. We being a group of 13 Canadians traveling with the CFGB on a food study tour, had the opportunity to stay in small-scale farmers homes for a few nights. This village was it seemed at least an hour away from anything. My first thought was that being from the city, why do people with no transportation, electricity, local water source, etc. live so far out in the countryside?
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Just like any eight year old boy would do, he wrestles playfully with his friend while we wait to be called into the auction ring. He’s a little nervous to be the centre of attention, but he’s willing to do it. His parents stand nearby, encouraging him.
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