Here is a minute for mission I didn’t do this morning because I instead took someone to the emergency room (which seems to always take at least two or three hours). It is here to spark ideas for your own…
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October 20, 2008
Posts Categorized: Hunger
October 8, 2008
Economic justice at core of food justice
Reading the Peacemaking Program’s blog this evening, I was reminded of the great talk Roberto Jordan presented at this year’s Peacemaking Conference. The Presbyterian News Service posted a story on the keynote presentation by Rev. Jordan of Argentina. He is…
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September 17, 2008
hurricane ike and the church parking lot
Early Monday morning, I rode my bicycle down Frankfort Ave amidst the devastation from 75 mile-an-hour winds of the day before. Giant oak trees that had stretched to the sky two days prior lay on their sides – broken. I…
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May 29, 2008
Food Crisis U.S.A.?
Mark Winne, a food justice activist, author, and former director of the Hartford Food System (a grantee of the Presbyterian Hunger Program) helps change the angle from which we view the high food price issue and focus on the importance…
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May 25, 2008
hungry for profit (not me!)
When I woke up this Sunday morning (day three of the fast), my heart was still pounding. So I thought I would drink some organic grape juice, but didn’t have any in the house. I didn’t know when Rainbow Blossoms…
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April 7, 2008
Everybody Look What’s Going Down
The headline that grabbed my attention was posted on March 29th, 2008, High Rice Cost Creating Fears of Asia Unrest (New York Times). The author, Keith Bradsher, writes from Hanoi, “The price of rice, a staple in the diets of…
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November 28, 2007
Hopeful Edge in Ending Hunger
This summer, Anna Lappé gave one of the keynotes at the Presbyterians for Restoring Creation National Eco-Justice Conference. You can listen to hers and other great presentations related to Food and Fuel and download conference presentations here. Also, I just…
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November 19, 2007
What the World Eats
Imagine inviting yourself to dinner with 30 different families… in 24 countries. Imagine shopping, farming, cooking and eating with those families… taking note of every vegetable peeled, every beverage poured, every package opened. Well that’s what photographer Peter Menzel and…
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September 10, 2007
The end of oil; the start of tasty food
The title of the radio show appealed to me since Deconstructing Supper: Is your food safe? is a wonderful video that we lend out to groups for viewing around the country. You can see the lending library list here according…
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July 31, 2007
Farm Bill Tuesday: House Aftermath
Two multimedia pieces dealing with the complexity of the Farm Bill in the wake of the House vote last week. First, from today’s New York Times, an article and slideshow dealing with food aid called “Corn That Never Came.” And…
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