start preparing for activities for the Churches Week of Action on Food from 10-17 October. During the Week you will be connected to thousands of people, churches and communities around the world in a movement calling for change in the way food is grown, sold, distributed and shared. It is a time to lift up the voices of small-scale food producers, particularly women, to have choices on what crops to grow and how they can grow these crops.

It’s been a cool summer out here on the West Coast. We’re all remarking on it. This morning, (on the 10th day of August) I walked about the house thinking about turning on the heat and not for the first…

Yes, that is Lisa Griffith in her grandfather’s arms by the old church in Missouri. Fourth from the right. Here is a close up. This photo, taken in 1957, illustrates the context of her family and the challenges they have…

The youth and adults at Hartford Food System are hard at work during this busiest time of the year. The Grow Hartford harvest is coming in strong and they are delivering Hartford-grown produce to their CSA members every week. The…

Here is a rhetorical question for you: Do you, your church, your vacation bible school, your child’s sports team, and your kid’s camp want to avoid sweatshops and purchase T-shirts (and more) made by fairly-compensated employees working with dignity and…

Your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing help make this transformative work possible. The G.R.O.W. program at PCUSA’s Common Ground Church Community is featured on this news special. Agrarian Road Trippers were fortunate to learn about this combined GED…

Agrarians unite in Detroit. Sharing Our Stories over Cherry Pie, Blueberries and Beer: the Agrarian Tour at the 2010 US Social Forum In this our final leg of the journey, we – Agrarian Road Trippers – shared many a story…

Joe Louis welcomes the Agrarian Road Trippers to Detroit. No Jobs, Bad Transit, Good Gardens: the Agrarian Tour through Detroit Finally arriving in our destination, we – Agrarian Road Trippers – jumped head first into Detroit’s urban agriculture scene to…

At Gather Round Gardens. Note: Billboard – from radioactivity to peace. Changing Diapers – or the Politics of Urban Agriculture: the Agrarian Tour through Ohio In the Ohio chapter of our travels, we – Agrarian Road Trippers – transitioned from…

Coal Country, West Virginia. Take Me Home, (Coal) Country Roads: the Agrarian Tour through West Virginia One of the unofficial theme songs for us – Agrarian Road Trippers – has been John Denver’s “Country Roads” – mainly because of the…