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Field guides for faith and farming

Practical, biblical guides written from our family farm — from thinking like a Christian farmer to using a garden to train your community.

Born-Again Dirt

Farming to the glory of God — the book that started it all.

The Well-Watered Garden Handbook

12 lessons to plant, grow, and teach others.

Composting When It Counts

Build your soil's fertilizer factory at home.

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Deep South Survival Gardeningwith David the Good

Deep South Survival Gardening

Simple Southern food production for when it really matters. In final editing.

Coming Soon

The Joyfully Focused FarmerStewarding Your Time

The Joyfully Focused Farmer

A faith-based guide to your time for overwhelmed farmers. In final editing.

“…destined to become a classic.”
— HERRICK KIMBALL, AUTHOR OF THE DELIBERATE AGRARIAN, ON BORN-AGAIN DIRT

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Thoughts from the farm

Free video training and podcast conversations recorded from the life we’re living — the garden, the homestead, and the God who holds it all together.

Free video training on YouTube

Full training sessions, garden walk-throughs, and teaching on biblical agriculture — from the heart of the Well-Watered Garden to hands-on composting.

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The Redeeming the Dirt Podcast

Interviews and teaching with farmers, missionaries, and ministry leaders from around the world.

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"Be faithful, be humble, and keep redeeming the dirt."

The Story So Far

Hi, I'm Noah Sanders.

I'm a farmer, author, and agricultural educator. My wife and I are raising our nine children off the grid on our Alabama homestead — so everything taught here has been lived first. I believe God's first commission — to steward the earth — and Jesus' great commission — to make disciples — were designed to work together. It took a decade and a half of dirt, failure, and grace to learn that. And while Jesus is my foundation and motive, I gladly serve schools, community programs, and fellow homesteaders whether or not they share my faith. Here's the short version.

“We live the way we would if we had all the money in the world.”
— NOAH, AS FEATURED IN THE EPOCH TIMES

2008

A farm that wasn't a farm yet

Our family bought raw Alabama land — dense forest regrowth, a few dirt trails, and a shed. Everything since has been built from that dirt up.

2012

Born-Again Dirt asks the question

My first book put words to something I couldn't shake: what does it actually look like to farm to the glory of God? I didn't fully know yet. The book was the question more than the answer.

2013

Zimbabwe changes everything

I traveled to Zimbabwe for training with Foundations for Farming and watched God use faithful stewardship to open doors for the gospel that words alone never could. Somewhere in that week, my journal picked up two phrases I've never let go of: "the gospel with boots on" and "a well-watered garden."

2014

Bringing it home

Our Alabama farm became the first Foundations for Farming training station in the United States — testing whether principles born in African fields could take root in American backyards. They could.

2020

A hailstorm and a handbook

When COVID exposed how fragile our food system is, my wife and I knelt and asked God how to help. The next morning a hailstorm wiped out my crops — and with the unexpected free week, I wrote the first Well-Watered Garden Handbook. The WWG Project was born.

Today

A growing network

Hundreds of people trained across the country, gardens multiplying toward a vision of one million, and a network of champions teaching their neighbors to grow food and share hope. And the next chapter is already being written.

Your Next Step

Go deeper

Whether you’re growing food for your family, exploring agriculture as ministry, or looking for practical help for your school, organization, or homestead — here’s where the work happens.

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Start a Garden

Plant a simple 20×20 Well-Watered Garden, grow food for your family and neighbors, and become part of the vision for one million gardens.

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Find Your People

The Redeeming the Dirt Academy is a community of Christians in agriculture — courses, coaching, and fellow believers walking the same road, from backyard to full-time farm.

Join the Academy →

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Speaking & Consulting

Homestead conferences, school and community garden programs, and on-farm consulting. My foundation is openly Christian — and I gladly serve everyone, whether or not you share it. Practical skills, excellence, and generosity come first.

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Bring It to Your Ministry

Lead a church, mission, or nonprofit? The Well-Watered Garden gives you a simple, reproducible way to meet real needs and point people to Jesus — at home or on the mission field. Changed hearts grow changed gardens.

Explore the Ministry Model →

Want to learn in person? Find a hands-on training near you through the WWG network.

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Grow food, grow faith, and share hope — right from the dirt under your feet.