{"id":2751,"date":"2014-08-02T20:52:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T19:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2014-08-02T20:52:37","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T19:52:37","slug":"harvest-time-at-the-cefa-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/08\/02\/harvest-time-at-the-cefa-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest time at the CEFA farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2745\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2745\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2745\" alt=\"blog harvest July 14 (1)\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-1.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-1.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-1-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corn and peanuts drying<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2736\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2736\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2736\" alt=\"blog harvest July 14 (3)\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-3.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-3.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-3-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cowpeas drying<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2737\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2737\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2737\" alt=\"blog harvest July 14 (4)\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-4.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-4.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-4-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelling peanuts and beans<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2746\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2746\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2746\" alt=\"blog harvest July 14 (2)\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-2.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-2.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/08\/blog-harvest-July-14-2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2746\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Roy&#8217;s bean&#8221; imported from DRCongo<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Corn, beans, and peanuts were planted a couple of months ago. \u00a0Now the harvest is plenty, and there&#8217;s hope for sharing the seed with needy farmers. \u00a0Farmers who possible were displaced and now are able to go back home to their village and their fields. Or farmers who lost the chance to save seed earlier. \u00a0Or farmers who are members of co-operatives who are interested in planting extra to help feed friends and neighbors who may be in dire need a few months from now. \u00a0 CEFA is in the process of drying, shelling, and distributing this much needed seed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2751&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corn, beans, and peanuts were planted a couple of months ago. \u00a0Now the harvest is plenty, and there&#8217;s hope for sharing the seed with needy farmers. \u00a0Farmers who possible were displaced and now are able to go back home to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/08\/02\/harvest-time-at-the-cefa-farm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[339,2724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cefa","category-monthly-prayer-requests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Harvest time at the CEFA farm - Danforths&#039; 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