Rural Coalition and Agricultural Missions are gathering this summer, and you are invited. If you are a farmworker, small farmer, rancher, rural or tribal community member, or if you hold land near and dear to your heart in other ways,…
Read more »Check out this very cool opportunity from Border Links… Sustainable Futures: We Are What We Eat Join Border Links for an educational delegation on the US-Mexico border that explores questions of food sustainability and its connections to migration, social justice,…
Read more »Check out the cover story from the latest issue of Presbyterians Today. Reporter Darrin Youker shows how churches are addressing hunger in their communities with church gardens. Sharing God’s Bounty – Presbyterians Today November 2010 Presbyterian congregations are in the garden for a lot of reasons. They are donating the harvest food pantrties or soup kitchens – which often don’t have fresh produce – as part of their local hunger ministry. Congregations are reconnecting with the land while tending to Creation, and gardening builds community and strengthens the congregation. Also, children love gardens! Sometimes the best way to get kids to eat veggies is to show them how a carrot grows, and churches are tapping into this phenomenon. The Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP) has a series of resources for adults and children called Just Eating: Practicing Our Faith at the Table that explores the relationship between the way we eat and the way we live. Youker’s article tells the story of four different Presbyterian churches (three of which PHP helped to start with the One Great Hour of Sharing offering), but we know that there are hundreds of other similar ministries across the country. Read the article and then let us know what your congregation is doing. Email php@pcusa.org or comment below. Read the full article at https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/today/cover/
Read more »What do food and hunger have to do with agriculture? That’s a question I’ve been asked from time to time, and I can understand why. In the U.S., food doesn’t come from the Earth, it comes from a supermarket. We’ve…
Read more »So you’ve heard about the Week of Action on Food, right? It’s October 10-17, and the Hunger Program helped put together a resource guide for congregations to use at worship, Sunday School, bible study, etc… Taking a trip to New Orleans for the Community Food Security Coalition Annual Conference would be a great way to close the week of action. The format for the conference is a little different this year. “This is not a conference to just stay in the hotel and never go outside.” That’s why they’re offering a ton of trips at the beginning of the conference to get out into New Orleans and see what there is to see in the world of food, culture and justice. Some of the more interesting looking trips include: * Food Deserts, Food Swamps & Food Access in Urban Communities * NOLA Urban Agriculture * Cooperation is the Name of the Game: the Mississippi Farmers Co-op If that’s not enticing enough, they’ve invited First Lady Michelle Obama (who’s been involved in the Let’s Move campaign to raise a healthier generation of kids) Regular registration for the conference ends October 1st. You can register for an additional fee up until October 19th. Visit www.communityfoodconference.org to learn more and register. Let us know if you’re planning on going… we’ll see you there. And check out their awesome shrimp fleur de leis. Kudos to whoever designed that!
Read more »In the coming days, Senator Murkowski (AK-R) will bring a bill to the floor of the Senate that, if passed, will undermine the Clean Air Act and prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gases. Senator Murkowski’s bill…
Read more »“It’s not fair to take from the rich and give to the poor in a Robin Hood-type way, but it’s certainly not fair to take from the poor to give to the rich… and that’s what we’re doing now. That’s…
Read more »Today is World Water Day! “Water is essential for life. Yet many millions of people around the world face water shortages and a daily struggle to secure safe water for their basic needs. Millions of children continue to die every…
Read more »“It’s very simple. The system that we have in place is totally upside down and backwards. We know how to feed the world. We know what the developing world needs to do, and yet we keep hearing more and more…
Read more »An Agrarian Road Trip to the U.S. Social Forum June 13–26, 2010 Experience the good food revolution on this road trip from the vibrant small farms of Kentucky to the bustling Eastern Market of Detroit. Visit church and community initiatives…
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