The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change

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At 4:00 am, Leonida Wanyama lit a lantern in her house made of sticks and mud. She was up long before the sun to begin her farm work, as usual. But this would be no ordinary day, this second Friday of the new year. This was the day Leonida and a group of smallholder farmers in western Kenya would begin their exodus, as she said, “from misery to Canaan,” the land of milk an...more At 4:00 am, Leonida Wanyama lit a lantern in her house made of sticks and mud. She was up long before the sun to begin her farm work, as usual. But this would be no ordinary day, this second Friday of the new year. This was the day Leonida and a group of smallholder farmers in western Kenya would begin their exodus, as she said, “from misery to Canaan,” the land of milk and honey.
Africa’s smallholder farmers, most of whom are women, know misery. They toil in a time warp, living and working essentially as their forebears did a century ago. With tired seeds, meager soil nutrition, primitive storage facilities, wretched roads, and no capital or credit, they harvest less than one-quarter the yields of Western farmers. The romantic ideal of African farmers––rural villagers in touch with nature, tending bucolic fields––is in reality a horror scene of malnourished children, backbreaking manual work, and profound hopelessness. Growing food is their driving preoccupation, and still they don’t have enough to feed their families throughout the year. The wanjala––the annual hunger season that can stretch from one month to as many as eight or nine––abides.
But in January 2011, Leonida and her neighbors came together and took the enormous risk of trying to change their lives. Award-winning author and world hunger activist Roger Thurow spent a year with four of them––Leonida Wanyama, Rasoa Wasike, Francis Mamati, and Zipporah Biketi––to intimately chronicle their efforts. In The Last Hunger Season, he illuminates the profound challenges these farmers and their families face, and follows them through the seasons to see whether, with a little bit of help from a new social enterprise organization called One Acre Fund, they might transcend lives of dire poverty and hunger.
The daily dramas of the farmers’ lives unfold against the backdrop of a looming global challenge: to feed a growing population, world food production must nearly double by 2050. If these farmers succeed, so might we all.(less)

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Oct 04, 2012 Linda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Being from the farm, I found Roger Thurow’s book, The Last Hunger Season, to be a challenge for every human being to help out their ‘neighbor’ to eliminate hunger. In our world of plenty, no one should be going hungry or be starving to death. Yet as our world grows in population, there is a need to increase productivity worldwide.

Through the brain-child operation, One Acre Fund, administered by Andrew Youn, a social entrepreneur who was earning his MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School...more Being from the farm, I found Roger Thurow’s book, The Last Hunger Season, to be a challenge for every human being to help out their ‘neighbor’ to eliminate hunger. In our world of plenty, no one should be going hungry or be starving to death. Yet as our world grows in population, there is a need to increase productivity worldwide.

Through the brain-child operation, One Acre Fund, administered by Andrew Youn, a social entrepreneur who was earning his MBA at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, Kenya’s smallholder farmers were taught how to manage and grow bigger and better crops to sustain them through the hunger season. Though Andrew wasn’t a farmer, he did know how to manage. In his mind, “The existence of hungry farmers is completely crazy. It’s mind-boggling. A hunger season shouldn’t exist.” I totally agree. It’s unbelievable, yet it was happening.

This book is the story of four smallholder farmers that Roger Thurow followed for a year, throughout all the different seasons of farming. It started out as a picture of malnourished children, backbreaking manual labor (mostly done by the women), meager provisions from the crops, the stress of financial concerns for schooling their children, and the mountainous hopelessness of going through the wanjala–a hunger season that could stretch from one month to nine, depending on the year.

With the help of One Acre Fund, they were hoping to overcome the oppressive poverty and hunger. As a former farm girl, it was a thrilling and educational read to see how all the monumental red tape and access to good seed was a constant concern and how One Acre Fund was willing to stay the course, working out problems and issues that arose. Others had tried, failed and left.

Thurow’s book is a heart-wrenching book of failed procedures, disease ravaged areas, and starvation while surplus food was only miles away. But as the subtitle suggests, these smallholder farmers were on the brink of change. Hope abounded, but the setbacks cut deep at times. They learned by trial and error.

The challenges of the seed providers were astronomical. What would work in one area of Kenya didn’t in another because of the weather patterns. I found this so intriguing and frustrating all at the same time. It takes many varieties of seeds to work in the multiple areas.

I truly enjoyed Thurow’s organized reporting for the book. He lays out the different seasons as described by the Kenyans, helping you to comprehend the enormity of the situation. But you don’t have to come from a farm to be concerned with the issues of hunger and poor farm management. Just imagine your own family going through starvation months, and you can empathize with these farmers and be willing to be involved in your own way.

I applaud the Obama administration in their efforts to help these Kenyan smallholder farmers, where Obama’s father grew up. But President Obama’s desire to go down in history for these achievements should not take precedence over the people of the United States, as this is the country he is President of. The same goes to China’s willingness to provide great financial assistance to Kenya’s farmers, but they ignore the Dalits in their own backyard. I also believe Kenya’s government should be held more accountable to providing assistance to their people instead of holding on to their wealth and ignoring their own fellow countrymen, leaving them for other countries to help. They are issues that were overlooked in the book that I felt should have been addressed. I also felt the book was politically polarizing instead or working with both sides to come to an agreement. I find that the opposition for an agenda has many sides, which didn’t seem to be addressed or considered.

Barring my concerns, this is an insightful, excellent read to understand the plight of starving farmers–to spur others to get involved and help their ‘neighbors.’

This book was provided by Diane Morrow of the B & B Media Group in exchange for my honest review. No monetary compensation was exchanged.(less)

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Jul 21, 2012 Melanie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: inspirational, africa, farming, kenya, one-acre-fund, non-fiction

On occasion there comes a book that you read and want to clap for the author and those involved in the book. This is one of those books that needs applause. I don't often become enthralled with a non fiction work, but this one captured my interest from the cover.

Why aren't farmers in Africa being given the basic tools and education on how to work their land? That has always been a question of mine. Why are we giving them food rather than teaching them better ways of growing their own food? One...more

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Jul 10, 2012 JoyAnne rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Last Hunger Season follows the lives of farming families in Western Kenya in 2011, showing their struggles to feed their families. A tough book to read but very enlightening on the subject of global hunger.

The One Acre fund, founded by Andrew Youn, the son of Korean immigrants to America, provides seeds and fertilizer along with training to show farmers how to become income generating, to grow enough food to feed their families every day. There are successes and failures, hurdles to overcom...more

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May 31, 2012 Amanda rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: african-lit, boarding-school, nonfiction-environmentalism, standalone, arc

Smallholder farmers make up the majority of Kenya’s food production and yet they face multiple challenges from inefficient planting techniques to bad seed markets that lead to an annual wanjala–hunger season. One Acre Fund, an ngo, saw the gap and came in with a vision. Sell farmers high quality seeds and fertilizers on credit, delivered to their villages, on the condition they attend local farming classes. Roger Thurow follows four families as they try out becoming One Acre farmers.

Every once i...more

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Jun 10, 2012 Suzanne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: nonfiction, international-development-and-aid, africa, nonprofit, food-security

Roger Thurow's "The Last Hunger Season" is a book that will change your world view, and challenge your thinking and perceptions in terms of the factors that contribute to global poverty and world hunger.

Following up on his book "Enough: Why the World's Poor Starve in the Age of Plenty," "The Last Hunger Season" chronicles the stories of four African small-holder farmers, Leonida, Rasoa, Zipporah and Francis. Living in the Western world, it is almost impossible to fully-comprehend the challenges...more Roger Thurow's "The Last Hunger Season" is a book that will change your world view, and challenge your thinking and perceptions in terms of the factors that contribute to global poverty and world hunger.

Following up on his book "Enough: Why the World's Poor Starve in the Age of Plenty," "The Last Hunger Season" chronicles the stories of four African small-holder farmers, Leonida, Rasoa, Zipporah and Francis. Living in the Western world, it is almost impossible to fully-comprehend the challenges that these farmers face, if not for Thurow's book, which artfully weaves the personal stories of the four farmers as they struggle through a year of change, with anecdotes on changes in the international political climate that have local ramifications for the farmers.

As I read Thurow's book, while the stories of Leonida, Rasoa, Zipporah and Francis were difficult and heart-breaking at times, I felt compelled to keep reading and developed a deep sense of admiration for their strength and commitment to doing whatever it takes to ensure a better life for themselves and their families in the future, even if it means starvation in the near-term.

One of the things that I have come to admire so much about African women, in particular, is their commitment to educating their children. Here in the U.S., and living an an area known for its affluence and excellent public schools, I feel that we often take education for granted, as most people don't have to make such extreme sacrifices to educate there children. If we did have to make such sacrifices, would we value education more?

One other aspect of Thurow's book that helped to enlighten me and broaden my perspective was the reality of how quickly fortunes can change on an African farm.

For many years, small-holder farms have struggled in soil preparation, finding strong and viable seeds that will withstand weather and other factors, harvesting and preparing crops for market, getting the right price for their crops, and having enough crops left over after sale to feed their families through the dry season. These farmers face so many challenges - weather, disease, bugs that eat their crops, and even theft. And that is all crop-related. Family health issues such as malaria, and the high cost of schooling can cause them to sell their crops at a lower price, just to get the capital needed to pay off their debts. Many farmers will resort to selling livestock too, just to raise much-needed capital.

A small NGO, One Acre Fund, is currently working to provide these small-holder farmers with the seeds, tools and knowledge they need to successfully move from subsistence farming to income-generating farming. In the "Last Hunger Season" Thurow highlights the impact that One Acre Fund has had on the farms of Leonida, Rasoa, Zipporah and Francis. I found the success, albeit limited in some cases, is a step in the right direction, and look forward to learning more about One Acre Funds efforts and future successes.

I highly recommend "The Last Hunger Season" and I am confident that anyone who reads this book will come away enlightened and with a different world view of why hunger and poverty still remain so prevalent in some parts of the world.(less)

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Dec 18, 2012 Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars

Quite good. Not a happy book but he follows several farmers in Kenya through the different farming seasons. It shows how the farmers work together but also how easy it is for something to go wrong. His discussions of food aid and the larger NGO's was very interesting. It's so bizarre that farmers on one side of Kenya can't sell their crops because the starving half is being fed by foreign food aid that drives down crop prices. While I don't know enough about agriculture or Africa to determine th...more

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Jul 29, 2012 Jennifer rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Jul 17, 2012 Dan rated it 4 of 5 stars

In western Kenya, the Luhya people often name their children for the time of year in which they were born: Boys, for instance, may have as one of their names Wafula (rain), Wanyonyi (weeding), Wekesa (harvest), or the most common, Wanjala (hunger). The hunger season lasts from the time the food from the previous harvest runs out to the time when the new harvest begins. As the harvest in this part of Kenya is in August and September, May and June are the high point of the Wanjala, the hunger seas...more In western Kenya, the Luhya people often name their children for the time of year in which they were born: Boys, for instance, may have as one of their names Wafula (rain), Wanyonyi (weeding), Wekesa (harvest), or the most common, Wanjala (hunger). The hunger season lasts from the time the food from the previous harvest runs out to the time when the new harvest begins. As the harvest in this part of Kenya is in August and September, May and June are the high point of the Wanjala, the hunger season.

Here in our part of rural eastern Canada, this summer's dry conditions are putting our corn and soybean crops in jeopardy, but while farm families will suffer financially they are unlikely to starve. However, a crop failure in Kenya, and in many other places, will cause widespread starvation, and in fact that was occurring elsewhere in Kenya during the time frame covered by this book.

I was fortunate to receive a review copy of The Last Hunger Season by Roger Thurow, senior fellow for Global Agriculture and Food Policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal. He tells the story of four smallholder farmers in western Kenya - Leonida, Francis, Zipporah and Rosoa - and their experiences with the One Acre Fund, founded by American social entrepreneur Andrew Youn after he saw the effects of the hunger season in Kenya.

In Africa the yields of corn, wheat, rice and beans lag as much as 90 percent behind those of farmers elsewhere. The smallholder farmers of western Kenya work in what is essentially a time warp, farming without machinery in the same way as 50 years ago, prior to Kenyan independence, or 80 years ago - just with cell phones as one of their tools. One Acre is one attempt to increase yields for Africa's smallholder farmers by providing groups of such farmers with hybrid seeds and fertilizer on time for planting, and following up with advice on planting, tending, and harvesting, on a credit of about 4,500 Kenyan shillings (US $50) per half-acre of corn. I know that the Canadian Foodgrains Bank - in which our United Church of Canada, and local congregations and farmers here in eastern Ontario, are participants - has been involved with a partner organization in Zimbabwe in a program that sounds similar.

Thurow's book reads like a thriller as he follows these four farmers through the year, receiving their seeds and fertilizer from One Acre, struggling to keep families fed and pay school and medical bills and the One Acre debt, and dealing with weevils and mould ruining the stored corn and catastrophes like drought and then heavy rain washing away a food storage hut. Will the rains come in time to save the corn crop? Can the money be found to keep a child in school so that he can take the all-important exams for further study? How to juggle sales of stored corn, cattle, and milk to pay the bills? Will One Acre manage to get a hybrid bean seed approved by the layers of bureaucracy so the farmers can plant it this year? Will families survive the hunger season, getting by on just a cup of tea a day while tending their crops and keeping hungry children in school? Will enough corn be grown on the One Acre plots to keep families fed throughout the year and make this the last hunger season? Meanwhile, decisions are being made far away that will affect the livelihoods of these farmers, as the US Congress debates cutting the Obama Administration's Feed the Future initiative that funds global programs focused on smallholder farmers and in turn assists One Acre and other organizations.

The reader gets a feel for life on these small farms and the impact initiatives like One Acre can have on global food security and the lives of farm families. It is also apparent how important a role faith plays for these farmers: the One Acre groups meet in the churches that are found throughout rural Kenya (Baptist and Assemblies of God congregations are mentioned), farm houses are decorated with Biblical sayings, and as they work the farmers and their children quote the Bible. For example, Leonida's son Gideon repeats Philippians 4:4 as he works on the house: "Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice."

The world needs to double food production by 2050 to keep up with a growing and more prosperous global population. Improved food storage, higher crop yields, and more efficient markets for smallholder farmers in Africa are crucial if this goal is to be met. The Last Hunger Season provides a great insight into the farmers and organizations that are vital to the future of agriculture in Africa and the world.(less)

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Aug 10, 2012 Audrey Grant rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This book is very hard for me to read. Not because it is in any way bad. But the sheer guilt I feel to know how VERY blessed I am by God every single day as an American!
I so often get wrapped up in MY problems, MY pain, MY health, MY bills, MY,MY,MY...that I forget that though the car breaks down, we still have one! Though my husband doesn't have a wonderful or full time job... He has one!! Though we don't eat out or fancy we DO HAVE food!! And though I'm bed ridden and can't work right now, my...more

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Jul 01, 2012 Social Good Moms rated it 5 of 5 stars

One does not have to be a wonk to understand the intricacies of global hunger as many might suspect. Roger Thurow, a senior fellow for global agriculture and food policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and former Wall Street Journal correspondent, proved in The Last Hunger Season that chronic, perpetual, and essentially senseless hunger in Kenya can easily be understood by anyone who reads this book. This less academic approach to analysing hunger helps put this worldwide problem on the...more One does not have to be a wonk to understand the intricacies of global hunger as many might suspect. Roger Thurow, a senior fellow for global agriculture and food policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and former Wall Street Journal correspondent, proved in The Last Hunger Season that chronic, perpetual, and essentially senseless hunger in Kenya can easily be understood by anyone who reads this book. This less academic approach to analysing hunger helps put this worldwide problem on the agenda not only for those who work in the field of hunger relief, but also for those who care about people who do not have enough food to eat.

Thurow follows the lives of four smallholder women farmers in Kenya and writes in clear detail about the struggles these women and their families endure during the annual “wanjala” or hunger season. Each year these farmers must grow enough food to sell and consume and also navigate the volatile food markets during the recent economic crises where food prices have been high, but selling prices have been lower than usual. What you will find in The Last Hunger Season is despite these women’s hard work and dedication to their small farm plots economic, food and health struggles perpetually stand at their doorstep, and yet their hope, while wavering at times, is never broken.

One of the underlying themes in The Last Hunger Season is the dedication these women have for the future; that despite their current circumstances they forge every way possible for a better future not only for themselves, but for their children. These women understand that the only way out of the subsistence, smallholder farmer cycle of poverty is through education. By making sacrifices (even going without food and relying on black tea for meals) it ensures that at least one child in the family can work a job in an urban setting and lift the entire family out of poverty. It is, at times, difficult to read that some of the women would pay school fees instead of feeding their families even when their younger children are failing to thrive from malnutrition. However, the future to these women is brighter than filling their bellies and the bellies of their children.

It is important to note that the One Acre Fund, an NGO that helps small subsistence farmers yield larger crops through better seeds, fertilizers, education and working in cooperatives, is featured throughout the book. It is through the One Acre Fund that these women farmers are able to provide a better living for their families by producing more maize largely, but also growing other crops like beans. Larger crops means more food to sale at market prices and it also means more food to eat.

The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Changeis a optimal starting point for students and hunger advocates – both professional and lay – to better understand the hunger season in Africa and throughout the world and the importance of better agricultural techniques to a brighter and more productive future for these subsistence farmers.
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Nov 03, 2012 Patricia rated it 4 of 5 stars

Very readable and illuminating story of a year in the lives of 4 African families with small farms. The most surprising thing I learned was that these small farmers WANT the new seeds and new fertilizer that are disease and sometimes drought resistant, even though they have to pay for them. The hybrid seeds increase their yields 3 to 4 times and they can actually have crops left over to sell for other expenses such as school fees and medical care. Other things I have read have given me the impre...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Rae rated it 4 of 5 stars

Five stars for telling an important story that isn't getting enough attention. Three stars for teling it in a way that doesn't recognize the impact colonialism and British influence has had to put Kenyan farmers in the hard spot many are in currently. Regardless, an interesting story outlining the NGO One Acre Fund, which is trying to re-teach farmers in western Kenya methods to improve their farming yields, especially with the most popular crop, maize. I'm not sure I would have liked this book...more

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May 23, 2013 Lacey rated it 4 of 5 stars

On a whole, I liked this book. As I was drawn into the lives of these farmers, I could not help but assess and acknowledge my own excessively convenient lifestyle. I am surrounded by an abundance of resources, time, and the ability to work hard and get results. Yet, on just a turn of the globe, there are farmers who live an entirely different reality. There's an entire global economy at play here, and throwing money and seeds at the problem of hunger in areas like Kenya is not the solution. One...more

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Dec 03, 2012 Jake rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: africa, development, current-affairs

Great book; accurate, entertaining, and well-written. One thing: the author does not fully explain (nor does he seem very concerned by) a central contradiction of his book. On the one hand, he scorns traditional "band-aid" approaches and advocates for the permanent, demand-driven empowerment espoused by One Acre Fund. On the other hand, he often decries the criminal lack of funding for "agricultural development" from organizations like USAID, the World Bank, etc, even though they are the very on...more

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Nov 12, 2012 Sara rated it 5 of 5 stars

Really good. Although I expected it to be, after his first book. Author follows the lives of 4 farmers in Kenya for a year, and he does a great job of really telling their stories, and making the life of a small farmer in Africa real.
Even though I already all the political and technical stuff he was explaining, and even though I've lived through similar stories myself many times now - I found it to be a great read. Finished it in three days.

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Jul 13, 2012 Meepspeeps rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm assuming the author purposely used large print and a slow pace to tell this story, but it was too slow for me. However, he made an excellent case for the USA investing in bringing African farmers up from 1930s technology to newer seeds and planting methods in order to feed more of the local population the entire year. Too bad some USA policies require shipment of USA food on USA ships instead of promoting food grown in Africa to assist with supply/demand issues on the continent.

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Oct 11, 2012 Francis rated it 5 of 5 stars

A great read for anyone working in the field of agriculture. It was inspiring to see the effect that even minimal improvements in farming practices could have for smallholder farmers.

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Oct 23, 2012 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: development

Good read for portriats of individuals and families facing hunger - what the day to day looks like. But it also reads like one giant ad for One Acre - which is unsettling...

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Jan 18, 2013 Sharon rated it 4 of 5 stars

Great book if you want to know about life in rural Africa. Does a pretty good job! If you haven't traveled and work in international development, it's a must read!

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Apr 17, 2013 Lizzie Vadas rated it 4 of 5 stars

An incredible read if you're interested in rural East Africa and the poverty and starvation that exist there. But something is being done and people are working their way out, it's an incredible story.

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Aug 20, 2012 Susan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: blog-review, empowering-women, justice-minded, non-fiction, poverty, political, the-b-b-media-group

I have become a champion of the One Acre Fund! I am telling everyone I know about this life changing book. I have been changed. I am inspired. My heart is a little more broken for what breaks the heart of God and certainly encouraged by the principles of the One Acre Fund to transform and empower lives.

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Feb 11, 2013 Diane Morrow rated it 5 of 5 stars

Fabulous book and documentary in process

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Oct 31, 2012 Cassandra rated it 5 of 5 stars

Best book I have read in a long time and a must read of anyone working on development issues.

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Dec 24, 2012 Rebekah rated it 3 of 5 stars

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The story here is beautiful and sad, but the story telling is a bit rote and not very colorful. I wanted to feel I knew these people, but I more felt I had read a series of newspaper articles about them.

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Jun 26, 2012 Karla rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm admittedly biased because of Lauren, but this is a well written book on an important subject. I enjoyed reading it.

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Apr 22, 2013 Nathan rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was an unexpectedly good book, with truly illuminating, up-close portraits of rural Kenyans... also very cool to read about friends at One Acre Fund!

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Jul 11, 2012 D rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: food-security

Excellent first-hand chronicle of the lives of four rural, Kenyan small farm holders. It details the struggles they have in growing their crops and trying to make it through and conquer the annual hunger season, which they did with the assistance of an amazing and innovative NGO called the One Acre Fund. This was an entertaining and informative read which I would recommend not only to those interested in the world of food security and international development, but also for those who want to bro...more

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