This month USAID reports, “Prompted by rising food prices in 2008, riots and demonstrations erupted in over 40 countries around the world. Unable to afford adequate food, many of the poor in these countries and others are at higher risk for malnutrition . . . [food security] depends on agriculture to provide sustenance, incomes and livelihoods for the world’s rural poor - 2.1 billion living on less than $2 per day.
Food Security by USAID http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/agriculture/food_security.htm 12/2009
Miriam is a young wife and mother who attends sustainable agriculture and cooking classes at the agriculture training center in Sinaloa, Mexico. She walks almost 1 hour each way with her 7 month old baby to attend classes. At her home, she is now growing cilantro, tomato, onion, jalapeno, bean, squash and melons. This Christmas, Miriam is grateful to have learned of God’s love and provision for her as she has learned a way to provide for her family.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Miriam's story
Monday, December 14, 2009
December progress
This past week was a great week on the project! Classes are going well, plants are coming up, and compost work is keeping us busy. We are helping to build a home for the pastor of the community at the agriculture training center. We were excited to see one wall completed this week!
Over the last week and a half we've gathered several thousand pounds of horse manure, two thousand pounds of organic cucumbers, and a truck load of other compost materials. We gather compost materials at 4:00 to 5:00 in the morning. Every other day the compost needs to be turned by hand. It's dirty, heavy, smells and gets all over your clothes and shoes. And, it takes time to see results! But without it, the hard dry clay-like soil will not yield any fruit. It's similar to our hearts. They are hard. Some take years of preparation before they are soft enough to yield the wonderful fruit the Lord can bring. The preparation is not easy. It's poco a poco (little by little), day by day.
