Annual Report
July 2010 - June 2011
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“No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the Kingdom of G (Luke 9:62).”
T
he past year brought me new understanding of the parable
of the plowman. While we continually marveled at Gods
provision for our ministry, we also learned that receiving these
blessings involves putting hand to plow and persevering
through rocky soils and brambles. The following stories
illustrate these lessons:
L
ast summer, Waco set a record with 87 days recorded
above 100oF. Each morning I marveled as staff, interns
and live-in volunteers headed eagerly out to work in another
blazing hot day. Their willing spirits and lack of grumbling
humbled and inspired me. What a blessing to work with such
an idealistic, motivated team!
The drought which
accompanied this heat
destroyed crops and
rangeland, and led to a mass
sell-off of livestock
throughout Texas. WHRI’s
herd, on the other hand, has
grown, and we didn’t
purchase hay until October.
Through wise management,
and hard work (including
building and moving lots of
fences), our livestock team
rotated our stock efficiently
and used our pastures to
their maximum.
Photo by Dick Roosenburg
A
fter losing one rice crop due to flooding in fall 2010, and
another due to drought in the winter, many Haitian rice
producers lost both their seed and their hope. When the rains
finally started in May, only 30% of the fields around Ferrier
were planted. Nonetheless, WHR-Haiti extensionist, Eric Jean
Baptist was eager to try the new system of rice intensification
(SRI) he had learned the previous year.
In contrast to traditional methods, SRI involves transplanting
tiny, 10-day-old seedlings at a relatively wide spacing. Eric’s
neighbors watched with amusement, telling him he was wasting
his time, as he planted 0.4 acres with three different rice
varieties. By July, each tiny shoot had produced 30-40 heads
full of rice kernels, and the same neighbors who made fun of
him for planting his seedlings “too early and too far apart”
began asking his advice. When they discovered that his SRI
plots used only 1/10th of the seed and half the fertilizer they
were accustomed to, the neighbors became converts.
S
even years ago, the Heart of Texas Urban Gardening
Coalition (HOTUGC.org) was a dormant bud in the
imagination of several east-Waco gardening fanatics. WHRI
nurtured this interest with staff and intern support, and today it
includes 25 organizations allied to promote urban food
production and healthy living. Some 30 churches and schools
have benefitted from the services of the Coalition, and each
year they bring together a diverse cross-section of nearly 1,000
local residents to honor Martin Luther King Day by planting
gardens throughout the city.
They also played a pivotal
role in forming the new
Downtown Waco Farmers’
Market.
The Coalition will soon
join the ranks of Waco nonprofits as it receives its
501(c)3 papers. In keeping
with WHRI’s development
philosophy of working
ourselves out of a job, their
Board of Directors no
longer includes any of our
personnel. We find great
satisfaction from stepping back and watching the child of our
persistence grow to maturity and independence.
E
xamples like these inspire us to hold onto the Kingdom
plow in a world full of natural disasters and economic
uncertainty. Join us in celebrating a year of challenges and
victories!
Blessings,
Keeping a Hand
Interns & Live-in Volunteers
Interns who completed training included:
Aaron Basescu, Produce and Pecan Intern, works for an agriculture education
program in Cleveland, TN.
Hannah Breckbill, Produce Intern, works as a team manager at Rock Spring Farm
in Decorah Iowa.
Jessica and Justin Bullock, Livestock and Pecan interns moved to Pennsylvania
where they work on a small farm at the foothills of the Catskill mountains.
Lucas Land, Urban Gardening Intern, began an assignment with Mennonite
Central Committee in Bolivia.
Katherine Moncrief, Urban Gardening Intern, plans to move to N. Carolina where
she will continue working with school gardening.
Kelly Thompson, Produce Intern, works for Seeds of Change, an organic and
heirloom seed producer in Iowa.
Mark Montgomery, AmeriCorps Member, teaches at Live Oak Classical School
in Waco.
Jonathan Bruce, AmeriCorps Member, works through Baylor University with the
Heart of Texas Urban Gardening Coalition.
Anali Smucker, AmeriCorps Member, continues as a second-year WHRI
AmeriCorps member.
Elise Voyvodic, AmeriCorps Member, works as a pre-natal client educator in
Chattanooga, TN.
Many Live-In Volunteers stayed at WHRI for most or all of the year. Their contributions to our farm operations, and community life
are invaluable. Our housing units were so full that one eager volunteer decided to live in a tent so that she could join us!
Local Education & Urban Gardening
Tours and Workgroups stayed strong through the year with a total of 1743 participants. 408 individuals took part in Service-Learning
opportunities, while Off-Farm presentations reached another 1525 people. 305 Volunteers provided over 1500 hours of labor
throughout this period. WHRI helped five young women carry out a three-week “Texas at the Table” road trip sponsored by the Baptist
General Convention of Texas. We also promoted USDA Universal School Breakfast and Summer Meal participation in
collaboration with the McLennan County Hunger Coalition and the Texas Hunger Initiative.
After-School Garden Clubs continued at two middle schools and two elementary schools. WHRI AmeriCorps Vista member, Bethel
Erickson consulted for 12 other school and church gardening projects in her work with the Heart of Texas Gardening Coalition. To
further support these activities, WHRI co-published the Heart of Texas Gardening Manual designed for community gardening practitioners.
International Programs
Several Ferrier, Haiti farmers tried System of Rice Intensification
(SRI) methods, but fall flooding, winter drought, and marauding
cattle caused losses in all but one plot. The spring crop was much
more promising, and by July, several SRI plots planted by WHRHaiti extensionists become the focus of much interest. Our ox
traction project received a large grant from the Vista Hermosa
Foundation, and 12 ox teams and owners were trained and equipped
for use in farm fields. WHRI sent aid to Ferrier in the fall to address
needs caused by flooding and a cholera outbreak.
Neil Rowe Miller visited western El Salvador at the request of
Habitat for Humanity, El Salvador to provide advice on agriculture
and community development. The El Salvador photo documentary,
Valle Nuevo ran six weeks at the Art Center Waco, and Salvadoran
composer Carlos Colón joined photographer Mark Menjivar for a
fund-raiser that generated nearly $3,000 to support our development
efforts in El Salvador. Youth leaders from the Valle Nuevo
community requested and received assistance with several
agricultural projects, while agronomists from the regional non-governmental organization, ADES, increasingly ask WHRI for advice and
networking. WHRI sponsored a visit by Valle Nuevo farmers to visit vegetable producers in La Palma.
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WHRI Annual Report 2010-1011
d To The Plow...
Farm Operations
Dairy production remained steady despite months of intense
heat. Health problems caused us to cull or sell several of our
older does, but we ended the year with a younger, more
productive herd. Although a new irrigation well pumped day and
night for nearly 10 weeks, we still couldn’t keep up with the
needs of our annual pastures, most of which didn’t survive the
summer. We butchered four steers through the year and sold
both retail cuts and quarters. We also processed a large quantity
of goat meat, and our goat sausage has become a hot commodity.
Our laying hens suffered several predator attacks and slowed
production as temperatures heated up, but our sales still
exceeded the previous year. The local Cargill plant again supplied
us with 100 turkeys, and by Thanksgiving we marketed 14-16 lb
birds. Our 2010 honey bees produced 20 gallons of amazing
honey which sold out just 10 days after harvest.
In fall 2010, we moved the vegetable garden to the bestdrained land on the farm, and begun a new rotation scheme that allows us to increase cover cropping and improve our timeliness and
plant health. Insect pests were a major problem, but fall squash, cucumbers, and pole beans produced abundantly and we donated large
amounts to the Caritas food bank. A warm, dry spring allowed the produce interns to work without weather delays, and our early spring
and summer crops were excellent. As the summer progressed, insect damage was unusually severe, especially flea beetles on the beet
family crops and squash bugs on summer squash.
The 2010 pecan crop suffered from severe late-season insect damage and only yielded a quarter of what we anticipated. The 2011 crop
set a fairly heavy load, but despite timely scouting and spraying, it was hit by the worst pecan nut casebearer population we have ever
experienced.
We acquired a new tractor and two farm pickup trucks thanks to the generosity of Brazos Valley Equipment, Cooper Foundation and
other donors. Farm Manager, David Cole, completed five productive years at WHRI, and was replaced by Oneas Mufandaedza, an
animal scientist from Zimbabwe.
Finances and Stewardship
Farm production income ended down 10% from last year. Pecan and
vegetable sales were the two main contributors to this drop, while livestock sales
(live goats, meat, and milk) significantly out-performed last year. Village Store
sales in the last two quarters kept pace with the previous year, but we ended the
fiscal year down 28%. Tuition from Local Education programs also caught up
somewhat late in the year but ended 5% lower than last year.
Donations for the year totaled $166,479, 21% ahead of last year. Endowment
giving totaled $9,530, which represented a considerable drop. However, grant
income finished the year over $183,000, which is 65% higher than last year.
Significant new grants included roughly $60,000 for WHRI organizational
development, and over $40,000 for Haiti programs.
Expenses for the year were 17% higher than last year. Significant increases
included intern and staff salaries and Haiti program costs. These figures still
remained 8% below budget leaving us with a net income of $12,737.
Publicity included television spots by local and Austin stations, several of which
featured on our Living on the Other Side program. Both print and broadcast
media thoroughly covered the El Salvador photo documentary, and KWBU
featured WHRI on their Dot ORG program just prior to spring Farm Day. We
contracted with a social media professional to upgrade our website as well as
improving our links to Facebook and Twitter.
WHRI Annual Report 2010-1011
Photo by Mark Menjivvar
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2010-2011 Finances & Stewardship
Income
($449,191)
Expenses
($436,454)
World Hunger Relief, Inc. is a tax-exempt, non-profit corporation registered with the State of Texas under the 501(c)3 IRS status.
Mission Statement
World Hunger Relief, Inc. is a Christian organization committed to the alleviation of hunger around the world.
God calls us to:
Train individuals in holistic ministry that equips them to work with communities in developing sustainable farming techniques
Educate those with an economic abundance on methods of conserving and sharing resources
Participate in local and international sustainable development programs
Board of Directors
Victor Hinojosa, President
Shawn Cardwell, Treasurer
George Suhm, Secretary
Fernando Arroyo
Annette Bigham
Steven Garner
Sara Ingram
Linda Lewis
Tom Odegaard
Jim Smalley
Norma Torres
Staff
Neil Rowe Miller, Executive Director
Matt Hess, Education Director
David Cole, Farm Manager
Beth Kilpatrick, Development Director
Barbara Murphey, Office Manager
Kirk Allen, Farm Operations Asst.
Kelly Lawson, Education Coordinator
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david@worldhungerrelief.org
beth@worldhungerrelief.org
barbara@worldhungerrelief.org
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Friends of the Farm
WHRI is excited to have a vision and a ministry God has called us to. We are humbled
by the faithful and generous partners who share this vision and participate with us by
sharing and offering their prayers, resources and gifts. This year we added 64 new
individual donors to our list of supporters!
Donors
Freeland & Brooke Ackley
Ken Aclin
Carl & Lisa Farnsworth Adkins
Ed & Connie Adler
William & Patricia Agee
David & Julia Alleman
Jeff & Lynn Alsup
Blanche & Vernon Althouse
Andrew Angelastri
Emilie Apple
Fernando & Carrie Arroyo
Don & Lou Anna Arterburn
Kathryn Aschliman
Ralph & Betty Aschliman
Gail & Mike Attas
Rebecca Aydelotte
Jan Bain
Clark & Terri Baker
Edward Barber
Dale & Lauren Barron
Irvin & JoAnn Barron
Jim & Peggy Bartley
Michael & Jo Anne Beaty
Chris & Amanda Becker
Bradley Bell
Michael Bell
Scott Bell
Robin Bennett
Gary & Frances Bergstrom
Hoyt Berryman
Darlene Biehle
Annette Bigham
Susan Blake
Mark & Gail Blanpied
John & Ruth Boardman-Alexander
Nell & David Box
Walter & Carol Bradley
Thomas & Nancy Bratcher
Michelle Breakey
Amanda Breault
Mary Brentham
Russell Brewer
Phillip & Barbara Bridgewater
Annette Brister
David Brooks
Cynthia Broughton
Phillip Brown
Andria & Mike Bryan
Jessica & Justin Bullock
Larry & Janna Bullock
Burt & Julie Burleson
Larry & Rebecca A Burrow
Nancy Callan
Jesse Calvillo
Rebecca Campbell
Pete & Meredith Jones Candler
Shawn & Elizabeth Cardwell
A. M. Cargile
Alan & Laura Caruthers
Morgan Caruthers
Lisa & Kendall Castello
John & Marie Champ
Christina Chan-Park
Alice Church
Mark & Joy Clark
Vernon Clark
Alice Clarke
Doug & Susan Claybrook
Bob & Alys Collmer
Jeanette Concilio
Charles & Michelle Stokes Conkin
Julian Contreras
Bill & Thelma Cooper
Sarah Jane Cooper
Ben & Wendy Cox
Dan & Emily Coyne
Elaine Crowder
Johnie Curtis
Robert & Mary Darden
Bill & Joanne Davenport
Michael & Margie De Laurell
Olive DelSol
Paul & Jane Derrick
Bernando Dias
John Dickey
Derek Dixon
Jenny Dougherty
Carl & Laura Dube
Deborah DuBois
Chris Dunham
Melvin Dyer
Wilma & Harry Earles
Joel & Rebecca Edwards
Marjorie Edwards
Cary & Debby Efurd
Dave & Mary Eickholt
Joshua & Maria Eley-McClain
Jan Elliott
Gordon Benjamin Erickson
Larry & Melissa Essary
Kevin & Shirley Ezell
Charles & Norma Farr
Henry Fielder
Kelly Florschuetz
Alexandra Foley
Margaret Fortinberry
Barbara & Barry Francis
Joyce Freeman
James & Jane Friedrichs
Paul Frields
Charles & Sue Fritsch
Maurine Frost
David Fulkerson
Justin Fulkerson
Melissa And Michael Garguilo
Stephen Garner
J Stanley & Linda C Gary
Allene Gatlin
Anali Gatlin
Joe & Nancy Gatlin
Frederick & Nancy Gehlbach
Amy Gabriel & Dawn Gelle
Fran Gentry
Sharmila George
David & Janette Gerig
Rebecca Campbell & Mark Gibbel
Alexia Gillespie
Roland & Rose Goertz
Gene & Kay Goff
Damon & Kimberly Gonzalez
Dick Goodrich
Charles & Ann Graham
Edward & Ashley Griggs
Annette Haddad
Jeremy & Jennifer Haile
Edward & Dorothy Hall
Jim & Judy Haller
Greg & Ivy Hamerly
Charles & Barbara Hampton
R.F. & A.J. Hansard
—
Individuals
Bea Hansgen
Melinda Harrington
Don & Helen Harris
Ione Heartsill
John & Linda Heaton
David & Hanna Heddy
Hmu Hein
Marshall Helm
Jim & Mary Hess
Timothy Hess
Barbara Hickerson
Fred & Barbara Hills
Oscar & Joye Hinojosa
Victor & Lynne Hinojosa
Robin & Roger Houston
Brandon Howard
Ken & Tommie Howie
David & Sheila Hunt
Candace Ingram
Henry & Linda Jennings
Kirk Jessup
Chris Jones
Veronica & Billy Jordan
Kurt & Pat Kaiser
James & Anita Karney
Benjamin & Kathy Kelley
Millard & Cynthia Kimery
Vicki Klaras
Irene Koplinka-Loehr
Mike & Carrie Koplinka-Loehr
Susan Korth
Bob & Vicki Kruschwitz
Bryan Kuenning
Roane Lacy
Charles & Fran Lamb
Michael Landau
H.H. Lander
Lynn Langford
Luke Langholz
Alta Lawn
Robert & Jennifer Lemke
Kerry Bryant Lemon
Hugh & Charlotte Lenox
Tan Yong Liang
Randy & Cindy Limbird
Allen & Sara Lind
Derrell & Sandy Little
Suzanne Liu
Michael Lubinsky
Mike & Amy Macari
John MacDonald
Rafiu Makanjuola
Shannon Malburg
Tommy Malone
Frank & Dorothea Mangum
Tricia Mankin
Daniel & Barbara Martin
Philip & Judith Martin Godshalk
Tim & Denise Martindale
Kristen Mast
D.E. & Diane Masterson
Rick & Teresa Mateus
Don & Kathy Mattingly
Jessica Mattson
Mark & Maryann Mayrand
Merideth Mayrand
Blaine & Sarah McCormick
Linda McDavitt
Rodney & Grace McElroy
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David Mejia
Mark & Rachel Menjivar
Barbara & Douglas Mercer
Clement Milam
RIchard & Etta Mill
David & Julie Miller
J. Virgil & Susan Miller
Jane Miller
Lee & Susan Fisher Miller
Neil & Kristi Rowe Miller
William & Phyllis Miller
David Milton
Mary Beth Minnis
Ruth Mischler
Laura Mitchell
Robert & Christine W Moody
Viola Moore
James Morse
Christina Muliati
Barbara Murphey
Wesley Murphey
Paul & Connie Murphy
Lew Naylor
Douglas & Rebecca Neel
Katie Neumann
Betty Newman
Chris Newport
Lucas Newton
Liz Ngan
Tim Norton
John & Margaret Ocken
Tom & Sally Odegaard
Charlie & Kris Olson
Lyndon Olson
Jose Olvera
Barbara O'Neal
Ann Osborne
Mary & Kenneth Ostic
Bud & Betty Otis
William Pakis
Theresa Palasota
Wilson Pascua
Jared Patterson
Delcie Payne
Elaine Payne
Mark & Kristen Pearson
Brent Pennington
David E. & M.K. Pennington
Raphael Perez
Ken & Donna Perry
Gene & Ann Pitman
Stephen & Laura Plummer
Philip Price
Bob & Helen Province
Bradford Purdy
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Edward Rawson
Stanley Rentz
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Joseph Riley
David & Nancy Rivers
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Ruby Rose
Stacie Roseborough
Debra Rossie
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Jean Ryther
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Tom Salome
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Jareen Schmidt
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Janet Sheets
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Jeff Smith
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Shawn Sproatt
Michael Stegemoller
Kathleen P. Steindler
Don & Elaine Stover
Mike & Kay Stroope
Emil & Melinda Studinka
Jennifer Good & George Suhm
Will Summers
Kristen Tanz
Jennifer Thebault
Carl & Louise Threadgill
Edwin & Susanna Tobias
Marjory Tobias
Javier & Norma Torres
Jack & Sallie Trainor
Jon Truster
John & Elizabeth Turnage
O.W. & T.H. Van Assendelft
Dale & Gretna Van Fleet
Robert & Gloria Basile Varley
Rodrigo Villarroel Walker
George Wadley
Steve Wagner
O.L. & Martha Walker
Pamela Walker
George & May Wang
Michael Warren
Christine Way
Ed & JoAnn Weaver
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Bob & Ruth Welch
Lindsay Werth
Jon & Hannah West
Robert & Laurie Whitney
Thomas Wicker
Anna Dennis & Karen Wiebe
Rick & Anna Wilson
Kathy Wise
Tessa & Jason Wollard
John & Karen Wood
Edward & Judy Zahnow
Charles & Nece Zipper
Congregational Supporters
Brazos Meadows Baptist Church
Broadway Baptist Church
Central Presbyterial Church
Church Under the Bridge
Calvary Baptist Church
Dayspring Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church of
First Baptist Church of Maypearl
Kerville
First Baptist Church Waco
Hope Fellowship Of Waco
First Baptist Woodway
Hope Lutheran Church
Lake Shore Baptist Church
Meadowbrook Baptist Church
Seventh & James Baptist Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
World of Life Lutheran Church
Businesses & Organizations
Agri-Business Consultants Inc.
Arm-Tex, Corp.
Art Center of Waco
Balcones Distillery
Bonnie's Greenhouse
Brazos Valley Equipment
BumbleBees Haus
Cargill Cares Council
Communities In Schools,
Heart of Texas
Community Bank & Trust
Cornell International Institute of
Food & Agr. Development
Engineers with a Mission,
Baylor University
Esoteric Enterprises
GeoLogic
Good Time Garden Club
GoodSearch
Gourmet Gallery, LLC
Green Glo Products
M&M Mars
McLennan County Hunger
Coalition
Mission Waco
National Systems
Network For Good
New Song Investments
Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program
Texas Camel Corp
Texas Cheese House
Texas Hunger Initiative
Texas State Technical College
Three-Mountain Retreat Center
Waco Baptist Academy
Vitek Barbeque
Waco Habitat for Humanity
Waco Independent School
District
Waco Post-traumatic-stress
Residential Rehab Program
Walmart Return Center
Foundations & Grants
Agriculture Development
Foundation
Alcoa Foundation
Bank Of America Foundation
Baptist General Convention of
Texas
Clifton Foundation
Cooper Foundation
Christian Mission Concerns
Episcopal Foundation of Texas
J.E.S. Edwards Foundation
Bernard & Audre Rapoport
Foundation
Renaissance Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Rhoades Foundation
San Antonio Area Foundation
Texas Baptist Offering for
World Hunger
The Manna Fund
Travelers Foundation
Vista Hermosa Foundation
Waco Foundation
Live-In Volunteers
Zac Bryan
Jessica Curbo
Hannah Dempsey
Sarah Fabian
Nathan, Amey, Ben, Averick,
Deacon & Phoebe Fair
Jean Grosbach
Michelle Guinan
Abigail Hampton
Keith, Lacy, Jeremiah & Judah
Haugen
Zac Huston
Amber Jekot
Jon King
Eric Litwiller
Steven Mallinson
Charlotte Miller
Dolores Msimbira
Melissa Emery Munsen
Jessica Nichols
Alexandra Stanke
Sarah Stoner
Jared Stovali
Don & Elaine Stover
Kristin Tanz
Brandon Thompson
Eric Weiss
Rachel West
Karin White
Elle Wildhagen
420 individuals volunteered their time and/or contributed in-kind gifts to support our many ministries!!
A list of these important partners is on our website at www.worldhungerrelief.org