Serere Farmer Group

By Sara:

One of our friends, Baker, connected me to a pastor and group of farmers in Serere who were interested in starting a Bible study and agriculture study group.  We've been meeting about twice a month and they are a fun group to be with.

They had fun seeing the demonstrations on how different kinds of soil behave and the benefits of organic matter on their farms.

There is a school on the same property as the church and one of the things at least some students learn is how to use a knitting machine to make sweaters.  I had no idea such a thing existed.  The teacher was really friendly and showed me how it worked.  She wanted to learn how to knit by hand, so I showed her, though this machine is obviously way faster!

We are waiting for the rainy season to begin so we can start doing some more hands-on agricultural activities together.  The group members are going to try planting different types of cover crops and legumes to see what they think about them.  As the season progresses, hopefully we'll get to visit some of the different members' farms to learn more from each other!