500 tonnes
Premium wheat committed by farmers in the New South Wales Riverina.
Australian farmers responding to global hunger
Australian grain.Human hope.
Grain of Hope connects the generosity of Australian farmers with communities facing hunger and humanitarian crisis around the world.
Farmers give grain. Supporters help move it. Together, we turn what Australia grows into food for people who urgently need it.
Beginning with 500 tonnes of donated Riverina wheat for people affected by the crisis in Sudan.
A quiet beginning
Hope can begin with something small
A conversation between two friends.
A farmer setting aside part of a harvest.
A neighbour offering a truck.
A supporter paying for another kilometre of the journey.
Grain of Hope brings these individual acts together, creating a practical pathway from Australian farms to communities experiencing severe hunger.
We may not be able to solve every crisis. But together, we can do something real.
The first campaign
One shared journey, carried by many
One shared journey
From Australian farms toward communities affected by the humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
A growing movement
Farmers, donors, businesses and humanitarian partners acting together.
The wheat is waiting
The grain has been given.
Now we need to move it.
Australian farmers have already stepped forward to donate wheat. But getting grain from a country silo to families facing hunger requires collection, inspection, transport, containers, shipping, milling and safe distribution.
That is where the wider community comes in.
- Farmers can give grain.
- Individuals can fund the journey.
- Businesses can contribute transport, services and expertise.
- Humanitarian partners help grain reach people safely and responsibly.
Our story
It started with mung beans
Ken Dachi recognised the crop growing on Rob Houghton’s farm because mung beans were familiar from his childhood in Kenya.
That small connection became a friendship.
Over regular meals at Rob’s farmhouse in Leeton, New South Wales, the two friends talked about farming, history, leadership and the state of the world.
One conversation kept returning: how could so much food be grown in one place while people elsewhere went hungry?
Rob looked at the grain stored outside his kitchen window and proposed a simple response.
Let’s send some.
How it works
From an Australian silo to a family’s meal
- 01
Farmers pledge grain
- 02
A responsible delivery pathway is built
- 03
Supporters fund the journey
- 04
Trusted partners help deliver it
Ways to participate
Everyone does not need to give the same thing
I am a farmer
Give a tonne, a truckload or another portion of your harvest.
Pledge grainI want to donate
Help cover the practical cost of moving grain.
Make a donationI represent a business
Contribute transport, storage, shipping, services or funding.
Become a partnerI want to spread the word
Share the campaign with your community, school, workplace or network.
Help it grow“It's not geography. It's just a human response.”
The vision
One shipment can become a movement
Grain of Hope is beginning with one group of Riverina farmers and one shipment of wheat.
The larger vision is to make grain donation a simple and enduring part of Australian agriculture.
We imagine a future in which farmers across the country can set aside part of a harvest for communities facing crisis, supported by transporters, grain handlers, ports, businesses, donors and trusted humanitarian partners.
One farm cannot end global hunger. But many people contributing what they already have can carry hope much further than any of us could alone.
The farmers have stepped forward.
The wheat is waiting. Help carry it from Australian silos toward people facing hunger.