Monthly Archives: July 2010

“I mean it was just amazing, absolutely amazing!” I’m on the phone with my good friend Eva Sanderson in Kitwe, Zambia. She’s talking about the overwhelming response to the Conservation Farming (CF) stands at the agriculture shows. It isn’t much … Continue reading →

There’s a lot of commotion going on outside our usually quiet farm yard (half a mile from the road). I hear youthful voices amid the roar of a quad. This isn’t a bunch of adolescent kids out for a spin. … Continue reading →

It’s raining here in Westlock! And high time. Crops were starting to show heat stress, some canola looked that dull blue. My family up in the Peace Country of B.C. is jealous. They haven’t had rain for weeks, with some … Continue reading →

“There are risks and costs to a plan of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.” Bukuumo Cooperative, in Zambia is painfully feeling the truth in this quote by John F. Kennedy. … Continue reading →

Hardly home we’re on the road again. My nephew Jonathan Wenger graduates from high school this week in Fort St. John B.C. and we celebrated with a family BBQ. With six siblings and 16 nieces and nephews it makes for … Continue reading →