Posts By: Kathleen Murphy

Water, Water Everywhere But Not a Drop to Drink

As someone who is passionate about sustainable food, urban farming, nutrition, and many of the various aspects of the food justice work I sometimes find the amount of organizations and resources in the field to be overwhelming; mostly in a good way as the food system we currently have could be much improved. However, on… Read more »

Plant the Seed

The Boston Food Justice YAV program ended 2 weeks ago and since its end I have been doing some soul searching and job searching. I’m back at home readjusting to life in my hometown and trying to figure out where I go from here. Part of me know what I want to do and is… Read more »

Rotting in the Crate

I work at a food pantry that supplies fresh produce and non-perishables for countless individuals and families. Just today we had 18 clients visit us in just an hour and a half! These clients range from individuals and couples to families of 6 or more. They are all shapes and sizes, ethnicities, personalities and so… Read more »

Mission Through Polity

 

I spent last week in a confused, yet happy, yet exhausted state. I was all sorts of emotions at all times. Presbyterians know this week as General Assembly- and it’s a force to be reckoned with.

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God in Your Salad

The Trinity. God in 3 persons. Father, Son, Holy Ghost. Heard it since you were in Sunday school right? Well, have you ever compared the Trinity to salad dressing? Or the church to palette flavors? Probably not. Have no fear- it’ll all make sense by the end of this post! Salad dressing, as we learned… Read more »

Bread of Heaven

What do you think of when you envision a monastery? A stone building?Beautiful gardens? A large, ornate church?Monks wearing robes and sandals? That’s what I pictured too- and most of it is accurate but there is much more to a monastery than silence and hooded monks. When people found out I was going to a… Read more »

Farmed and Dangerous

When I got home from work the other day one of my roommates greeted me with a big smile and a very enthusiastic “You have to watch this!” I obliged and was not prepared for what I was about to see, in a good way. Chipotle has created a video series called “Farmed and Dangerous”… Read more »

Participate

Have you noticed an increase in obesity in our nation? What about a decrease in physical activity?   The makers of HBO’s “Weight of the Nation” sure have and did something about it. The 4 part documentary is a commentary on our nation’s health crisis: obesity. At times is tough to watch and other times… Read more »

Adventures in “Unconforming”

Do justice.
Learn from the world community.
Nurture people.
Cherish the natural order.
Nonconform freely.
~Living More with Less by Doris Janzen Longacre~


Read that again. “Nonconform freely.” It’s right there, waiting for us to let go of our inhibitions and be ourselves in this crazy world full of societal norms- gloriously creative life, waiting for us.

The other YAVs and I spent the first weekend of December on retreat in central Massachusetts. As part of our retreat we went Heifer International’s farm in Rutland, MA. The farm has a global village of exact replica houses from the countries they serve, some livestock, and a group of volunteers who live on grounds to keep the farm functional.

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