Keyword: CMU Farm

Creation care as career: spotlight on alumni farmers (part 4 of 4)

Monday, October 19, 2020 @ 10:00 AM

"This is my evangelical plea to any 20-something malcontents among you: stop wasting anger on The Corporation and The Conservatives and get some chickens instead." – Nicholas Rempel

Nicholas Rempel has been working on chemical-free farms in Manitoba for seven growing seasons. Along with Arianna Hildebrand of this series' last feature, and James Magnus-Johnson, founder of the CMU Centre for Resilience, Rempel is a former board member of Fireweed Food Co-op. Through 2014 and 2015 he studied International Development Studies (IDS) at CMU, and in 2016 he became a founding member of Natural Collective, a small farm and CSA located just outside Niverville MB. He is also a wry-humoured rogue.

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Creation care as career: spotlight on alumni farmers (part 1 of 4)

Thursday, October 8, 2020 @ 11:19 AM

Why more and more CMU alumni are including small-scale agriculture in their life-paths, during and after school.

This year the CMU Farm celebrates its 10th anniversary season. And while the challenges of COVID-19 have reshaped things for the farm, from celebration plans to daily operations of their CSA project, Autumn's work is largely unaltered: harvest season proceeds apace, and the steward Metanoia Farmers' collective are already forming their plans for next season.

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CMU Farm opens on 10th anniversary season

Thursday, May 14, 2020 @ 10:20 AM

Now expanded to two locations totalling 15 acres, the Metanoia Farmers Cooperative celebrates 10 years of learning, growing, and farming for change.

You may have heard of "emerging writers" or recognize the phrase "emergent church," but did you ever hear of emerging farmers?

The Metanoia Farmers Cooperative is a group of CMU students and alumni; though individual memberships shift with time, the collective as a whole is permanently responsible for running the CMU Farm, and working 14 acres of associated land near the village of Neubergthal. All of them are emerging farmers: lovers of God's good creation motived by their faith to learn and develop skills they may or may not have grown up with, in order to become practitioners of sustainable agriculture.

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Sunday@CMU: May 2017

Sunday, May 28, 2017 @ 12:00 PM

Sunday@CMU is a 15-minute radio program that features biblical meditations from current and emeritus professors, music from CMU ensembles and choirs, and interviews with faculty, staff, students, and alumni.

Host and Producer: Aaron Epp, Alumni Writer & Social Media Coordinator

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Faculty: In Their Own Words – Kenton Lobe

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 @ 9:00 AM

Kenton Lobe, Instructor in International Development Studies, has taught at CMU since 2005.

What do you love about your work here?

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