Growing Nations

Redeeming people’s relationship with nature is literally transforming the landscape in Africa. Growing Nations is a project based in Lesotho, a country whose soil has been damaged by intensive farming. Through the Farming God’s Way programme Growing Nations teaches and trains farmers in a Biblical worldview that leads them to see themselves as stewards of God’s creation.

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