Training
A large percentage of materially poor people worldwide are farmers. They have learned farming from their fathers, who learned from their fathers. Systems that once worked no longer produce adequate crops to feed their families. Cutting of trees for cooking has created problems with erosion and fertile topsoil has been washed into the ocean.
Farming God’s Way is an amazing Godly solution to the food security and poverty crisis for the rural poor. It was designed before man was on the face of the earth, when God put His laws in place to govern His creation and their inter-relations with one another. God is the master farmer and He has been farming this way since the beginning.
Farming God’s Way has a proven track record of success since 1984, with beginnings in Zimbabwe and spreading to many countries since then. It is a well-balanced biblical, management and technological solution for the agricultural domain, to equip the poor to come out of poverty, with what God has put in their hands and to reveal the fullness of His promised abundant life. Genesis 2:15 “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to work it and keep it”.
Six Biblical Keys of Farming God’s Way are
- Acknowledge God and God alone
- Consider your ways
- Understanding God’s all sufficiency
- What you sow you will reap
- Bring the tithes and offerings to God
- Stake your claim.
The Four Management Keys are
- On Time
- To High Standards
- With minimal wastage
- Do things with the fruit of the Spirit
Basic Technology is
- Do not plow
- Do not burn
- 100% God’s blanket covering (mulch)
- Practice rotations
Testimonies of Training Success
Boss Jello (Gee-low) has farmed his whole life. He attended one of our Farming God’s Way trainings and immediately began utilizing this method on his land. The below pictures are the results. The corn was healthy, tall and uniform, with many stalks bearing 2 ears, very unusual for Haiti. When I asked what Boss Jello thought of this new method, he happily reported that it was much easier planting his fields, he used very few seeds, keeping his input costs down, and the corn developed better. He is so proud of his beautiful corn field and so are we!
Farming God’s Way isn’t only a technique but a heart change. 2 Chronicles 7:14 “Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.”
It is our ultimate desire that people come to know Jesus as their Savior and walk out the destiny that He has for them. Farming God’s Way is a wonderful tool that we can use to share the gospel but also provides sustainable profitability for our farmers. It is our desire to break the dependency mindset and help equip farmers to help themselves. We are beginning to see this happen!
