I WAS HUNGRY

Empowering the People of Zimbabwe to Be Stewards of Their Food, Faith, Family & Finances

At NutraMedix, we believe in radical generosity. We consider ourselves a giving engine, powered by you. Each year, NutraMedix donates a minimum of 50% of our profits to critically important causes across the globe. Whether it’s feeding the hungry or helping build schools for the less fortunate, we are dedicated to giving back to those in need around the world.

100% of the profits from our product, Vitalmedix, go to the I WAS HUNGRY initiative. 

How it Began: The Foundations for Farming Agricultural Retreat

I WAS HUNGRY helps those in impoverished regions learn how to faithfully steward their local resources to become the world’s best farmers.

This training program empowers the people of Zimbabwe and Namibia to be stewards of their food, faith, family, and finances. It take this system and expands it globally to ensure other countries and communities could benefit from its success as well.

Working together, the volunteers and farmers that make up I WAS HUNGRY work to empower people who are dependent on the land with the best agricultural skills possible.

Conservation agriculture taught in the training program is imperative to the preservation of vital topsoil that prevents future decreases in crop yield. It is the best defense against famine.

I WAS HUNGRY believes that hunger, dependency, and poverty could be eradicated if a farmer is capable of spreading the knowledge, skills, and hope they have received from this training program to their village and neighboring communities. Here are some core farming and management principles taught.

Tim and his team at NutraMedix spend time throughout the year travelling across the globe, visiting projects they support, and sourcing botanical ingredients. They return to the Amazon rainforest frequently. Tim joins his former missionary pilot colleagues in their single engine aircraft, landing on tiny patches of clearing and reuniting with his friends in the jungle. He brings botanists who understand the local ecology, doctors versed in indigenous traditions and, when needed, guides who have developed a trusting relationship with the villages and tribes. When they can’t fly in, they drive to the river and then take a canoe with a small Briggs & Stratton motor attached to the back. Every visit is a new exploration.

Core farming methods:

• No plowing, to ensure as minimal soil disturbance as possible.‍
• Use mulch rather than burning.
• High-level crop management and crop rotation.

Faithfully applied management principles:

• Be on time. Always plan ahead and prepare early.
• Don’t take shortcuts. Be honest and honorable in all that you do.
• Don’t waste time, soil, water, seed, labor, energy, or opportunity.
• Work with joy, because if you do this work faithfully and thankfully, you will be gifted with strength and there will be no need for fear.

Growth in More Ways Than One

By training farmers to both steward and harvest from their land, I WAS HUNGRY teaches and models the character of Christ—offering humility, unselfish giving, and the faith that they too can overcome any challenge they may face.

Agricultural skills bring about a substantial increase in crop yields, and by offering financial training to manage the increase in resources, the people of Zimbabwe and Namibia can feel empowered to create the life they want to live. I WAS HUNGRY also includes an additional training component by Family Impact, that strengthens the family unit. All three components are vital to bringing an end to hunger, dependency, and poverty.

I WAS HUNGRY graduates are then commissioned to go out and train others in their community and surrounding villages. It is estimated that each graduate will share the training with at least 10 others, greatly multiplying its impact. With this in mind, the total estimated reach for the work and training classes provided is on average, over 9,000 individuals trained.

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