Farmer First: Margaret
Margaret is a Kenyan farmer and co-leads an agricultural business near Mt Kenya with her husband, Haron. Margaret’s farm felt like Eden, it was so lush and vibrantly ‘alive’ in every sense of the word. While we have not partnered with Margaret’s business, Akili Foods, they are a distributor of our latest portfolio partner and impact investment, Long Miles Coffee.
Support A Coffee Farming Family For Giving Tuesday!
This Giving Tuesday, we’re partnering with Long Miles Coffee to provide critical inputs (seed, fertilizer) that will help coffee farmers in East Africa triple or even quadruple their yield!
Meet Beatrice, A True Neighbor
Beatrice understands God’s call to love our neighbor, and she takes it seriously by constantly volunteering to help. The woman is the epitome of a self-starter servant…
Meet Kostya & Kristina, Our Keynote Speakers this Dec!
Decades ago, a Russian named Kostya moved to the United States for college.
He graduated and met his wife, Kristina, and the two started work building houses. The business was successful, but during a Joseph Project gathering a few years ago, the couple felt led by God to build up people through construction work in Kyrgyzstan…
Farmer First: Baket in Kyrgyzstan
When he came home excited about starting a chicken farm, Baket's wife thought he had lost his mind…
A Food Business Trial Run For Kenyan Widows & Orphans
In a small region of Kenya outside the capital city of Nairobi, one local couple named Meshach and Elizabeth are using their God-given time and talents to serve widows and orphans in their area, and their out-of-the-box thinking and willingness to just try things for the sake of the Kingdom is absolutely beautiful.
The Numbers Are In! Here’s Your Impact.
The numbers are in, and your impact is clear.
THANK YOU to everyone in this community who donates, invests in the C Fund, volunteers, and helps our partner farmers achieve success. This impact is your impact, and we hope you’ll join us in celebrating!
How You Prep for a Food Crisis Before It Happens
Israel and Palestine, Russia and Ukraine, and what next?
Instant online access makes the world’s conflicts feel so immediate and overwhelming…but that doesn’t mean we can’t be actively preparing for them—we've been doing it for years!
Urgent Need: Friends Enduring Break-Ins, Corruption
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.
You’re Invited To Our 4th Annual Meeting!
This Annual Meeting, come hear from members of our Scout, Mentor, and Investment teams, our staff, and special guests Kostya and Christina, a couple who moved their family from Seattle to central Asia with a call to serve and build.
Farmer First: Meet Joseph
Every first of the month, we highlight a farmer we love. Some of these are current or former partners, some are AgG volunteers or donors, and some are just amazing people we get to meet along the way.
Today we’re highlighting an big-hearted farmer named Joseph
Give a Fish, Teach to Fish, or Something Better?
Teaching sustainability sounds great in theory. The problem is, it doesn't accurately portray the world's poor. The poor know how to fish, they just don’t have access to the water…
Portfolio Partner: Long Miles Coffee
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…
Shadrach’s Story
When his father died to HIV-AIDS and his mother went missing, Shadrach’s story could have ended like so many other orphans in his area…
Kyrgyz Partners Enduring Attacks From Corrupt Opposition
After an exciting season of growth and success, Oasis Agro—a feed company our community supports in Kyrgyzstan—is facing attacks by corrupt opposition.
A Justice Parable
Plenty of well-meaning groups out there use all the great buzzwords, how do we go beyond nice words and short-term help and actually bring about longterm change?
Consider this old parable…
Introducing Farmers for Farmers!
Small farm crops offer an alternative to regions heavily dependent on imported food. That dependency can leave whole regions vulnerable as volatile food prices swing dramatically in the wake of global events like a pandemic, war, or regional market factors like inflation.