Food and Faith

June 20, 2013

I Saw God

BY Amber Burns Posted at 11:18am

I saw God….I stood on the moist soil of Bahr Farm and felt the earth slightly sink under my weight. All I saw was green, lush as far as the eye could see, hill after hill. I was in awe that this slice of paradise was only a few short steps from a busy interstate…. Read more »

June 18, 2013

A Second Look at Food Deserts: Is Increased Access the Answer?

BY Ilana Barach Posted at 4:50pm

Recently, some studies have been published with findings that contradict our understanding of food deserts. The New York Times article where this is covered cites two studies. One published last March that used national data (multiple locations) found that poor urban neighborhoods had more fast food restaurants and convenience stores than more wealthy areas,… Read more »

June 5, 2013

Embracing Imperfect Eating

BY Elise Springuel Posted at 9:39pm

I am going to share with you, a poem:

Enriched flour

and cheese powder,

monosodium glutamate

and ammonium sulfate,

silicon dioxide

and yellow number 5

Okay, it is not really a poem. Just a selection of ingredients you’ll find listed on the back of the store brand cheese-its box in my recycling bin…

It’s the dirty laundry of this food justice advocate. But I air these treason in favor inclusion and the prevention of burnout.

June 3, 2013

The People on the Bus Go… Hungry?

BY Casey Henry Posted at 8:58am

My shoulders sag under the weight of my grocery bags. Sweat drips down my back as I peer down the highway, my eyes scanning traffic for the number 17 bus. It’s five minutes late and the afternoon sun has all but melted me and my fellow bus riders into steaming puddles on the cracked sidewalk.

May 30, 2013

Much More Than Fennel Start

BY Whitney Fields Posted at 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 »

May 8, 2013

My Garden

BY Elise Springuel Posted at 5:27pm

…

That evening I sat on my front porch and stared at my green grass and budding bushes. I wanted to throw a 2 year old style tantrum, of not understanding why the world was so unfair. I was ready to take control of my food system. I was ready to get back to the dirt and simpler times. I was ready to turn my yard into a demonstration of how to do so. But for reasons beyond my control, I could not.

How was it that the ecological revolution I saw budding in myself and my backyard was so easily derailed by the previous industrial one of my predecessors?…

April 29, 2013

The Informed Eating Game

BY Whitney Fields Posted at 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 »

April 25, 2013

What are you EATING?!

BY Gina Chamberlain Posted at 7:12am

What are you eating?! To be honest I don’t really know. Quite often it is wrapped in paper and plastic and has unpronounceable ingredients listed, but that still doesn’t answer the question.

April 14, 2013

Finding Fellowship at the Farmers Market

BY Casey Henry Posted at 1:22pm

I love Wednesdays. Wednesdays mean seeing old friends, meeting new ones, and catching up on the goings-on in the neighborhood. We congregate, and we share. The tantalizing smells of freshly baked bread, hot coffee, and a potpourri of home-grown herbs awaken my senses. I hear old men reporting to one another about the past week… Read more »

April 10, 2013

Why a Garden? 1st Food Justice Learning Call on Tax Day!

BY Andrew Kang Bartlett Posted at 4:53pm

Food Justice Learning Call
Hosted by the Presbyterian Hunger Program & the Food Justice Fellows

Why a Garden?
Community, Church and Market Gardens & Resources for Urban Agriculture

Monday, April 15
12:00 noon (eastern); 11am (central);
10am (mountain); 9am (pacific)
Call 424-203-8075 and Enter 180305#

Hear presentations from three experienced urban agriculture practitioners & join in a conversation about the multiple benefits (and challenges) of gardening in community. Learn, share struggles and what works, connect with people and resources, and be inspired to build just, resilient and sustainable food economies.

Presenters: Laura Henderson, Executive Director of Growing Places
Jeremy John, Quixote Center
Laura Collins, Healthy Food for All Program Coordinator, CAIN

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