Frank was the first to raise his hand and try something new.

When you’re working in ag development, sometimes it’s tough to convince people to do things differently. When their parents and grandparents and generations of kin all farmed a certain way, choosing to shake things up can be scary.

But Frank has shown a willingness to try..

“Shortly after the fine was reduced, I was invited to a party. I’ve lived in Kyrgyzstan for ten years but I didn’t really get the significance of the event until the host gathered his guests and shared his story,” Micah said. “The man explained he had barely escaped a near-fatal car accident weeks prior..."

On a visit to our partners in Zambia, Heartlands, and their beautiful discipleship and agricultural training school called Ebenezer, we noticed some of the students swatting and throwing rocks at something in the main hen house.

I worked in the railway industry for decades, but that wasn’t as natural as this. Something about farming, it’s inborn for me, it’s who I am. I wanted to get away from the city and to enjoy a quieter life, and farming has made that possible. Thank you for coming to see what we do here.

The initial fine was for $1.5 million, a staggering amount that no government official was able to fully explain or justify. The tax would have meant shutting down operations…

With drought and famine affecting much of East Africa, our partners in the region are a secure source of food for their neighbors and income for their families. This tomato crop has been highly valuable, providing a 50% profit and helping support an outstanding network of discipleship training centers you've helped support.

Our friends at Oasis Agro are requesting your help.

Oasis Agro’s growth and regional success has caught the attention of competitors, and these rivals have shown they’re willing to play dirty. Take two minutes to hear specifics from the Oasis Agro director, Micah Lund, and how you can push back against the corruption, break-ins, and dirty tactics by helping these portfolio partners fulfill their promise to farmers.

The European and North American workforce loves coffee, no secret there, but do they love the coffee farmers, too? Historically, the honest answer to that would be…