Fred Bahnson, husband of Food and Faith Blog author Elizabeth, who wrote “The Way of Manna” back in November, wrote this from warm, sunny Florida for the Christian Century.
“It was like stepping into the Nigerian
village I grew up in as a missionary kid, albeit one with lots of white
people. Instead of running on oil, this place derived its energy from
contemporary sunlight; aside from a golf cart here and there, everyone
walked or rode bikes.
At the moment I am sequestered under a clump of bamboo, hiding from the mid-afternoon Florida sun with a tour group of snowbirds…”
Read Fred’s article “Farm School“ about ECHO. You just might end up there..