Monthly Archives: May 2012

July (that’s his name) gave the most practical lesson on budgeting I have heard yet. We were with a group of small scale farmers in the Serenge area here in Zambia. “You have 50 bags of maize (corn),” July says. … Continue reading →

We’re visiting with our farm project leaders. “Do you remember Jennifer?” Jessy asks us. We do. We visited her field last year. She was one of the widows who received a small farming loan and we were impressed with what … Continue reading →

Before Christine Daka took the Foundations for Farming course at Masaiti, Zambia she was producing 400 bags (50 kilograms each) of maize on 10 hectares, a good average for a small scale farmer. Her first crop after the course produced … Continue reading →

I’m waiting for the rest of me to catch up with my body, which is in Nairobi, Kenya. Yesterday afternoon we were still in Switzerland. The last apple trees stood like brides among golden canola fields and blue sage blooming … Continue reading →

As we prepare to go back to Zambia for another short term (May 8 to June 25) our neighbour Hans tells me, “We’ve sent millions down to Africa. And what has it done?” It’s a comment we hear from many … Continue reading →