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[email protected] Distribution: 27 00000000 Farming God’s way These gardens will alleviate food shortagesortages among the poor Thabisile Mgwali Training Coordinator, Jaap Heesterbeek,beek, garden is part of the three-day Farming
[email protected] a challenge was put out for each personrson God's Way (FGW) training sessions for to train 10 other people in starting a small over 150 people that was conducted laslastt Muldersdrift — Community Ministries vegetable garden where they live. year. based in Muldersdrift has a totally “The vision is one million of thesese Over 70 cubic metres of totopsoilpsoil had to diff erent view on farming. gardens in South Africa to alleviatee be brought in and spread out over the hahardrd They are currently busy realising their the current food shortages among thehe and stony soil in order for the garden to be vision called Gardens of Faithfulness that poor. Quite a few were inspired to start started. consist of 1m x 2m gardens with four their small gardens within a week of “Farming God's Way is simply a tool 'bomb-proof' vegetables such as beans, the training, and 50 sets of seeds andnd of equipping to empower the poor to help spinach, beetroot and spring onion. seedlings were supplied to attendeeses for themselves. Farming God's Way wawass These gardens are meant for settlements this purpose. We have prepared a 60m0m originated before man was on the face where minimal space is available, and x 5m area for big and small gardenss for of the earth, when God fi rst put his ways can feed a family of four people for three training and food-growing purposes,s, in place to govern his creation and their months, after a six to 10 week growing which will be planted with all typess of interrelations with one another.