Kids Raise Over $1,000 for Moringa Training in Nicaragua!!

We spent an invigorating week in July teaching kindergartners through 5th-graders all about moringa – it was totally fun!!  Rick and I were the missionaries at Vacation Bible School (VBS) at Mt. Scott Church of God, in Portland, Oregon.  The kids were incredibly...

From bare sticks to a bountiful harvest

When we first met Sharin Moznette, the founder of Open Arms India (OAI), in January 2011, and started talking about moringa, we had no idea how far-reaching our conversation would be!  Since OAI provides schools, orphanages, clinics and churches for impoverished...

Eating Greens & Pressing Oil

Jeri and I just finished our week of Tropical Agriculture Development training at ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization) in Ft. Meyers, Florida.  It was absolutely fascinating and we found a number of plants that will compliment moringa in providing...

A Week of Learning & Growing!

Rick and I are in Florida for a week-long Tropical Agricultural Development seminar at ECHO (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization).  Agricultural community development is our passion and so this seminar is incredibly exciting!  ECHO is a global Christian...

Planting for the future

While at Villa Esperanza in Managua, we also shared about moringa with Wilbert, the Nicaraguan director of The Villa (that’s him in the photo in the middle), and he became very excited about it – his major in college was chemical engineering and when he saw the...