Mitch and Julie Linneman

FOUNDERs

Mitch and Julie have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. Julie is a native of Minnesota and Mitch grew up on a farm in Illinois. After visiting Costa Rica and seeing the poverty and commercial exploitation of children there, they felt the call from God to get involved in Missions. After extensive training with Kingdom Sending Center in Illinois, they felt called to some type of farming and community transformation mission work. While at KSC they learned about GloDev, the relief and development arm of the mission organization, Go To Nations, Jacksonville, FL, where they were teaching Aquaponics. After completing Aquaponics training with GloDev, God called them into full-time mission work. They spent the next three years working on the Eden Gardens Project in Jacksonville, FL. Seeking to deepen their expertise, they later trained under one of the top Aquaponics professionals in the U.S. at Aquasol, Inc. Mitch has since been invited to join the Aquasol team on large-scale aquaponics system builds in Florida, Kentucky, and Georgia—gaining invaluable hands-on experience.

In 2019 the Linneman’s started their own mission organization, Hope Grows International, Inc (501c3), to help fulfill the Great Commission by coming alongside missionaries and organizations already out on the field all over the world, with installation, training and knowledge of Aquaponics and Self- Sustainable Farming. Offering people the opportunity to partner with us to make a tangible change in the world!