Noah Sanders
Noah Sanders is a farmer and homesteader. He has been farming since age 16, starting out with a small chicken run on his parent’s land and eventually building his farm’s infrastructure and expanding his food production to include row crops, pastured animals, fruit trees, and honey, supplying his farm’s produce to restaurants and his local community.
In 2012, Noah published “Born Again Dirt,” a book encouraging families to embrace a God-centered agrarian lifestyle and family economy and to see the work of a farmer as a witness to God’s command for man to have dominion over the earth for God’s glory. Noah and his family live and work on their farm in central Alabama.
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Noah’s training sessions:
- How to Grow More Food with Low Tech Tools and Techniques
- Noah Sanders’ Journey to Homesteading and Farming
- Low-Tech Growing Methods
- Pastured Chickens
- Soil & Compost
- Mobile Farm Infrastructure
- Lessons in Pioneer Homesteading
- Local Food Economy
Noah was featured in our film, Summit Online Course, and Summit Event Video Course.
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Praise for Born Again Dirt
Noah Sanders . . . has written a groundbreaking book . . . I say Noah’s book is groundbreaking because it is the first and only book I’ve ever read that looks at farming and agriculture from God’s point of view, as revealed in Scripture. Every Christian . . . who either grows (or has a hankering to grow) a garden, or be any sort of larger-scale farmer, needs to read Born-Again Dirt . . . [It] is destined to become a classic in the world of contra-industrial, Christian-agrarian literature.
— Herrick Kimball, Author of The Deliberate Agrarian Blog
“Early in the book, Noah Sanders lays out a natural and biblical foundation for sound agriculture practices. Then he shows how he and his young family have put them to work on their farm. He doesn’t give all the details needed for agronomy, livestock, etc. but does build a very helpful and encouraging framework. Mr. Sanders distinguishes agri-lifestyle from agri-business, highlighting problems inherent in today’s industrial agricultural approach. Recommended for anyone interested in a simpler, healthier, family lifestyle that grows healthy food to bless the local community.”
— Mark Einkauf, Organic farmer from Texas
“I think this is the most important book on farming and agriculture (second to Scripture) that a Christian can have in his or her library. Even if you don’t have control over any land whatsoever, this is a must-read.”
— Kyle Shepherd
“Biggest thing missing from Christendom today is ethics, applying the faith to life, so imagine my surprise when I read Noah Sanders’ book, Born-Again Dirt. (Far as I know we are not kin, unless it’s through the great Shenandoah Valley passage seven or eight generations ago.) Noah’s book is practical and pious without pietism, utterly humble and winsome. Whether you are a farmer, a gardener, or just have a window box growing flowers, this book will delight you. Destined to become a classic. And, yes, I have met Noah and his wife and two little boys at the Beyond Off Grid Summit, and he is as humble and earnest and pleasant in person as he is on paper.”
— Franklin Sanders
The 2015 Redeeming the Dirt Conference
Noah Sanders hosted the Redeeming the Dirt Conference in Rockford, Alabama, July 26-29, 2015!
That summer, attendees came together with other Christian farmers, gardeners, and agrarians from around the country as they sought to learn how to better express their love for Jesus through the way they tend the land. The goal of this conference was to encourage, challenge, inspire, and equip followers of Jesus to impact their communities and nation through agriculture.
Get full details on the Redeeming the Dirt Conference.
