An Update on Oasis Agro, Corruption in Kyrgyzstan
Over the past few months, we’ve shared tough updates surrounding one of our most established ag partners, Oasis Agro in Central Asia.
Thanks to all of you who’ve donated, prayed, and followed along as we support our friends in Kyrgyzstan as they serve thousands of farmers across the region. Here’s an update from our board chair, Kevin Stark…
Investing Prospects: New Opportunities in East Africa
At AgGrandize, our Scout team finds excellent people to invest in, but we keep to a specific investment focus: using the C Fund to provide commodity loans.
That leaves many excellent opportunities out of our scope, but some of these businesses are just as strong as those we invest in. I’d like to present five opportunities that we appreciated visiting, to give you the chance to invest directly…
Farmer First: George from Georgia
We start every month by focusing on a farmer around the world. Check previous Farmer Firsts you may have missed here, and this month we’re happy to introduce you to a farmer from the Republic of Georgia named George.
Better Access Helps Samuel Lift Himself From Poverty
74 year-old Samuel knows his ‘why’, the driving reason behind his farming.Originally from Gikungere Hill in the landlocked African nation of Burundi, Samuel is also a father to nine children and a grandfather 16 times over!
Meet Coffee-Farming Sisters Josephine & Frescesma!
These women are Josephine and Frescesme, two remarkable sisters whose love and support for one another inspires us.
In a culture where a woman’s honor and respect is tied to her marital status, you can imagine the challenges these strong, resilient women have faced in a male-dominated world, but they relied on one another to keep going and to grow their coffee farming business.
How Vital’s Farming Enables Other Passions
Vital Niyibaruta is a coffee farmer from a coffee farming community called Nkonge Hill in the East African of Burundi. He’s a 39 year-old father of four with an easy, confident smile.
You made our 4th Annual Meeting a success!
It was our biggest community event to-date, and the opportunity to catch up with you and celebrate all that God is making possible around the world through this community’s work meant so much.
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…