Growing Hope. Feeding Families. Sharing Christ's Love.

For nearly 30 years, this community-led initiative has demonstrated what God can do when farmers, churches, volunteers, and generous supporters come together with a shared vision to help address hunger and strengthen food security around the world.

A Legacy of Growing Hope

What began as a local initiative of the Markdale Church of the Nazarene has grown into a lasting expression of compassion and generosity.

Each year, local farmers donate their time, expertise, and land while supporters sponsor acres and make gifts of every size. Together, the harvest helps fund life-changing food assistance and food security programs through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada and Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

Working Together for Greater Good

A partnership rooted in faith, generosity, and a shared commitment to ending hunger.

Grow Hope Markdale is made possible through the partnership of:

Markdale Church of the Nazarene – leading and stewarding this ministry for nearly three decades.
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada – connecting Canadian generosity with compassionate ministries around the world.
Canadian Foodgrains Bank – supporting emergency food assistance and long-term food security initiatives globally.

Together, we are helping vulnerable communities move from crisis toward resilience.

A Story of Hope: Growing More Than Crops

Your support helps make stories like this possible. Through NCM Canada partnerships in Nepal, families have received agricultural training, improved farming techniques, and opportunities to grow food more sustainably. These investments help communities become more resilient, strengthen local food security, and create lasting change for future generations.

Every sponsored acre in Markdale helps make stories like this possible—bringing practical support, strengthening food security, and sharing lasting hope with communities around the world.

Sponsor an Acre. One Acre Can Change Lives

Every year, generous local farmers donate their land, time, equipment, and expertise to plant and harvest crops for the Grow Hope Markdale Project. When you sponsor an acre, your gift helps cover the costs of growing that crop and supports a unique partnership of faith, farming, and compassion that has been making a difference for nearly 30 years.

Once the crop is harvested and sold, the proceeds are directed through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Canada and Canadian Foodgrains Bank to support emergency food assistance and long-term food security initiatives in vulnerable communities around the world.

One of the unique strengths of the Grow Hope Markdale Project is that your gift has the potential to be multiplied, extending its impact even further through eligible Canadian Foodgrains Bank programming and Government of Canada matching opportunities. Matching is not guaranteed and depends on the type of project or humanitarian response being supported, as well as available funding programs.

You don't have to sponsor an entire acre to make a difference: Every Gift Makes a Difference.

$400 sponsors one full acre
$200 sponsors half an acre
$100 sponsors one-quarter of an acre
$40 sponsors one-tenth of an acre

Every donation—no matter the size—joins with others to sponsor additional acres and bring hope to families facing hunger.

From a single field in Markdale, seeds of generosity are growing into food, resilience, and hope for families around the world.

Together, we can turn fields into food, generosity into opportunity, and hope into lasting change.

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