Food and Faith Whitney Fields, Author at Food and Faith

November 22, 2013

Highly Processed Starches, Canned Vegetables, and High Sodium, Oh My!

Posted 9:57am

In case you hadn’t heard, PCUSA launched their version of the food stamp challenge on Sunday. Read staff accounts: here , here, and by searching the hastags #snap, #snapchallenge, and #pcusa. The challenge came an interesting time when on Nov. 1st Congress passed cuts around $5 billion from the Federal Food Stamp Program, effecting 47… Read more »

October 24, 2013

Is this Land Made for You and Me?

Posted 4:37pm

We all know the tune, “This land is your land. This land is my land. From California to the New York Island. From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters. This land was made for you and me.” But is it? Is America’s land really your land and my land or is it control by a select few leaving all others as pawns in the land grab game.

We Are City Summit

Posted 3:06pm

Too often I find myself muttering the phrase, “Oh, Indy.” I find that phrase comparable to something you’d say to that little sibling when they do something perplexingly stupid. While I don’t necessarily adore this city I don’t quite hate it either, in fact it’s slowly growing on me. There are times which I can… Read more »

July 26, 2013

What Exactly is Food Sovereignty?

Posted 12:29pm

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Presbyterian Youth Triennium (PYT) where I spoke to bright eyed youth about the work of the Presbyterian Hunger Program. I discussed with interested youth and church leaders the concept of food sovereignty, which is a major premise of PHP. After a little bit of stumbling, I finally got… Read more »

July 1, 2013

Hunger Games

Posted 4:09pm

No, I’m not about to give a review of the popular teen novel recently turned movie although the themes presented in the novel have a scary reality. I’m talking about the real life hunger game being played by those in power under the good deed facade that plays at heart strings but in reality disempowers… Read more »

May 30, 2013

Much More Than Fennel Start

Posted 5:37pm

Last week I arrived home one evening to find, much to my surprise, a little offering of neighborly kindness. On top of the compost bin outside the kitchen door sat a baby fennel plant with a note that read, “Some fennel starts if you’d like them. From: your neighbor at Apt. #81.” What a thoughtful… Read more »

April 29, 2013

The Informed Eating Game

Posted 6:21pm

Thanks to my roommate’s luck with winning tickets, we attended a great film series event the other night showing the documentary, Eating Alabama. The premise around the film was to capture all the trials and tribulations that the filmmaker and his wife had while trying to eating only food found in their home state of… Read more »

March 22, 2013

You Have Been Denied

Posted 3:39pm

Going through this tedious very stressful process has opened my naive eyes to the system of government assistance. Aren’t government assistance programs meant to help reduce the daily stresses instead of creating more? How can these individuals and families work through the system to get what they need without high stress and time away from work and family?

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