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Category: Wonder
How Does Amaranth, Ancient Crop of the Aztecs Help People in Africa?
During the past 2 weeks East African people have shared many stories about how grain amaranth flour, and eating the leaves, too—-has helped them enormously! People living with AIDs whose CD-4 counts sat in the low hundreds see their count and their strength rise steadily after getting the anti-retro-viral meds and taking amaranth porridge every…
What Happened to the Roman’s Streets and Buildings?
Descend down to the Milan subway train. Then, to one side is a glass window. You peer through it and look at some blocks. A little sign says that these are the street blocks that the city’s people built in the days of the Roman Empire. Wow. How did that street get buried so deep?…
You’ll Never Imagine What These Giant Jars in Laos Were Used For
Once in a while, we encounter something from the past that makes us wonder: What did they do with that? One of the regions that World Renew works in Laos, is adjacent to a mysterious place called the Plain of Jars. The times I’ve been there it’s been a plain of mostly dry grass. It’s…
The Man Who Stopped the Desert. Wonder–God Is Working In People You Might Not Expect
The last blog was about our work in Laos, where we work with people who live with rain forests that are under threat because of land clearing because the price of corn is so high. (Partly because of so much corn is being used to produce ethanol.) This blog relates to a very different environment,…
Updates: Evergreen Agriculture (Fertilizer Trees) and Amaranth
In World Renew we are always learning about new ways to use the huge diversity of assets the Lord put into his creation all around the world so that people experience the abundant life the Lord intended for his people. Here are a couple of updates and some pictures of things I’ve been learning about…
It’s a Facinating World & It’s a World of Big Challenges & Sometimes Even Worms Can be Part of the Solutions
Introduction I started this blog in the hope of sharing a journey of learning about life and faith, community development, creation care and agriculture. I would not ventured into this except for the strong encouragement of my sons, especially Joe and Josh, and their wives—Zoe and Amy. Thanks! Love0 Share Share Share Pin
Thai Silk: The Wondrous Little Silkworms and the Artful Human Beings Who Work With Them
Thai people and Thai culture show an amazing curiosity and relationship between human beings and nature. While living in Thailand for nearly 3 years we enjoyed many facets of this richness in the Thai culture. For example, we could enjoy more than 60 kinds of tropical fruits from carefully selected and often, grafted varieties, and…
When Do “Christmas Pointsettias” Flower South of the Equator?
People in North America like pointsettia flowers at Christmas time, in December. But, there were, in full flower in Mozambique —in May. May has rapidly shortening days of the year in Mozambique, (it gets dark about 5:30 PM) south of the equator. And, pointsettia plants have the internal chemistry that reacts to short days and…
Two Ears of Corn vs. Two Ears of Corn: Harvest of Plenty in Mozambique For Farmers Who Cannot Afford Fertilizer
This picture of Manuel holding two ears from his tradition patch of corn vs two ears from his “conservation agriculture” patch of corn—tells the story. Laboriously, but self-reliantly —- making compost (2-4 days of work), digging carefully laid-out, 6 to 8 inch-deep planting holes ( 1 day of work for a 60-foot by 60-foot plot)…
