The recession has hit the poorest people in our community the hardest. More and more families are resorting to selling their food stamps to pay rent and buy basic necessities. Listen to the story of Eva, a mother of two,…
Read more »One year ago yesterday, president Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. “It included a mixture of tax cuts for businesses and families, infrastructure building and green investments, aids for states and localities, and help…
Read more »PC(USA)’s Peacemaking Program and Environmental Ministries offices are leading a Travel Study Seminar to Armenia from November 1-12, 2010. On the trip you will: Explore how people of faith care for God’s earth. Visit reforestation sites and pristine forests in…
Read more »Last week I saw Michael Pollan on Oprah Winfrey talking about local, sustainable food. He was explaining the health benefits of avoiding processed foods and buying produce at your local farmers market. And this was on one of the highest…
Read more »Yesterday I read the story of Lucy in a local newspaper. For 10 years Lucy lived locked in the basement of a house disturbingly close to my own. She was forced to do household chores for no pay and barely…
Read more »“Making affordable, locally and regionally-grown organic food available to all – rich, middle-income and poor – must become a top priority for city and county governments across the nation.” That’s the goal of a campaign called “Breaking the Chains” by…
Read more »“The local food movement is going nowhere.” That’s according to my friend Mike. Mike is an intern at a nearby sustainable, organic farm, and he told me this while we were sitting at a locally-owned restaurant eating grass-fed bison burgers…
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