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department of agriculture told who could see the vision The answer is quite obviously,
Brian that his plan would never and fruitfulness since Brian’s no. God neither ploughs the
work, as 10 years prior to this management changes. soil nor destroys the beautiful
some US based agronomists God’s garden was a highly blanket of mulch, which we
had approached and taught productive rainforest which was refer to as God’s Blanket. So
the Zimbabwean agricultural in need of nothing and was why do we ‘lean on our own
authorities about conservation capable of succeeding even in understanding’ and not trust in
farming, but due to their drought years and never slowed the way He has shown us how
halfhearted attempts with the or lost its productivity. The trees to farm?
technological concepts, they never lose their leaves or wilt. The wonderful successes on
had failed. Under Brian’s faithful They keep on producing flowers, Hinton Estate stood out in dire
stewardship, Hinton’s Farming fruits and seeds and are able to contrast to the poverty of the
God's Way area increased carry vast numbers and diversity adjoining communal farmers who
annually, with their experience of animal species. The Father were practicing conventional
growing until the whole farm and Creator put mechanisms tillage. They suffered from
was converted over a 5 year in place which would allow the poor yields and crop failures
time period from 2ha in year one fauna, flora and soil to co-exist, during dry seasons, with severe
to 1000ha in year five. with high levels of productivity, sheet and gully erosion being
When the Lord had revealed His no environmental degradation, the norm. God began to stir a
truths about the technology, they little or no erosion and a high deep desire in Brian’s heart to
had no machinery to do anything buffering ability to withstand transfer Farming God’s Way
like what they saw God do in all the negative parameters of practises to these communal
creation. Instead of giving up, harsh climates. “Caring for the farmers. After making various
they worked with what God had garden” is a part of all sufficiency efforts, Brian established a
put in their hands, hoes. At their in God. When a garden is being large commercial farm, Agriway
peak manual planting level they worked and cared for in God’s Community Church and Farm,
were farming 650 ha of cropped Way, it will never be in a state of with the purpose of training the
land area with 1,100 labourers decline nor crop failure. poor. Small scale farmers, were
at planting time. This was an The laws that God put in place in allocated 1 ha, 2 ha and 5 ha
incredible commitment and creation for the most productive plots depending on their level of
required a lot of faith, but they ecosystems in the world include expertise and faithfulness, many
persevered and succeeded. little or no soil disturbance, no are still successful farmers
Later on, with the farm making destruction or incorporation today.
such incredible profits, they of decomposing mulch and a By 2009, Farming God's
were able to purchase imported significant biodiversity. These Way had gone into Angola,
large scale machinery such as are the laws which allow the Benin, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya,
no-till drills. However, Brian still working and careful watching Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,
testifies to the highest yields ever over His handiwork in creation. Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,
recorded as being under a hand He knows best and we should Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South
planted, rather than machine be doing what we have been Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania,
planted technique, because of shown by our Father, following Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and
the precision in seed placement what we see Him do in creation others to varying degrees within
and covering operations. as closely as we can and Africa, whilst also touching into
Neighbouring farmers, whose to simulate His laws in an Mexico, Nepal, British Guyana,
farms were in the same steady agricultural environment, where USA, UK and others.
state of decline in profitability there are high demands and Source material: Farming God’s
as Hinton Estate had been, pressures. Therefore practically Way Trainer’s Reference Guide.
refused to listen to Brian’s speaking, in the forests, has Dryden, G.W., 2009.
encouragement to change to anyone seen God ploughing the
doing things God’s way and soil He created? Or has anyone
many ended up going bankrupt seen God destroying this mulch
and the farms were then bought cover through burning, removal
up by the Hinton Estate trustees or incorporating it mechanically?
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