Today we led a workshop at the US Social Forum! A lot of people came (thanks in part to aggressive recruitment tactics…) from various places and faith backgrounds. Here’s Talitha’s portion – speaking on the texts we connect to our…

We spent Friday, and Saturday morning, at the Rural Appalachian Improvement League (RAIL) in Mullens, West Virginia. This is a town of about 2,000 in the heart of coal country. We saw a few flat-topped mountains on our way in,…

Day 0 ~ Louisville KY [many more on HEART picasa] Authors Ellen Davis and Wendell Berry at the Berry’s home in Henry County, Kentucky. Dr. Davis provided HEART with bible studies and discussion about the agrarian roots of the Old…

We have eaten a lot of good food on this trip… all the mental stimulation needs to be accompanied by the oral; it is through our tastebuds that we most closely acheive this “heaven on earth” we are seeking. In…

1) Potlucks! Especially right after we arrive from hours on the road. 2) Plush carpets to sleep on… in church nurseries, offices, and parlors. 3) Awkwardly meeting strangers who quickly become friends. 4) Pianos, drumsets, rooms with great acoustics! 5)…

Check out this article from the New York Times featuring Emily Drakage from the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs. Emily spoke to the Road Trippers at Warren Wilson College about child labor and industrial agriculture.

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I have the privilege of asking myself “where does my food come from?” and “how was this food produced?” These two questions are becoming more popular, but there is a more urgent question for many people, and that is “do…

We’re just shy of the halfway point on our two-week journey to the US Social Forum, and access to land has been a recurring obstacle. Sitting in a hollow in the coalfields of West Virginia, we were told that between…