Ogou fled to neighboring Ghana by foot, leaving behind everything he knew. (For two months, his family believed he’d been killed.) Both of Ogou’s parents farmed, and while serving in the army, he had lovingly tended the 76-acre cornfield responsible for feeding his fellow fighters. Ogou eventually built a happy life growing peanuts, yams, and peppers in his adopted Ghanaian village, but when a shift in that nation’s leadership rendered him vulnerable once again, he slipped off to a cousin’s place in the bustling capital city of Ivory Coast. Planting was out of the question. In 2008, the United States granted Ogou asylum, and he relocated to Chicago. “A very cold place,” he says, “where you cannot farm.” After two long winters, Ogou heard about a program in Phoenix, Arizona, run by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) that enables refugees to grow food. He immediately climbed on a plane. Details