By Jason Fowler on 08/02/2010
Despite what the title may infer, it is not just for farmers- it is for all of us who long for the coming shalom of GOD’s New Earth. He begins by inviting city dwellers to get their hands in God’s dirt…
Posted in Book Reviews, Features, Food & Agriculture, Voice of One Calling | Tagged agriculture, book, book review, Christian agrarian, christian faith, church gardens, Creation Care, environment, environment and faith, faith-based community garden movement, farming, Farming As A Spiritual Discipline, ragan sutterfield, Sustainable Agriculture, the agrarian mind, Wendell Berry |
By Caroline D'Angelo on 07/30/2010
Everybody should support sustainable agriculture because it will help alleviate health problems, environmental pollution and help strengthen communities…but Christians have added incentive to do so, since it is a way of worship, Biblically relevant and connected to teachings of Jesus…
Posted in Environment & Creation, Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged agrarian, agriculture, Bible, christian faith, Creation Care, environment, environmental ethics, ethics, ethics of eating, farming, food, Jesus, Sustainable Agriculture |
By Jason Fowler on 07/29/2010
I found this great video today from PBS featuring Norman Wirzba, Research Professor of Theology, Ecology, and Rural Life Duke Divinity School…This excellent video gives a brief snapshot into the growing confluence between the sustainable agriculture movement and the American Church at large…
Posted in Food & Agriculture, Videos, Voice of One Calling | Tagged agriculture, Anathoth Community Garden, christian ethics, christian faith, church farms, church gardens, community gardening, ethics of eating, faith, food, food and faith, Gardening, Norman Wirzba, Sustainable Agriculture, video |
By Pam Fowler on 07/26/2010
When my husband first showed me ‘Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual’ by Michael Pollan, we were both struck by how small it was, but I was hooked from the first glance. ‘Food Rules’ is a quick and very enjoyable read filled with witty, quirky sayings that are fun to read yet are full of wisdom…
Posted in Book Reviews, Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged agriculture, body as temple, book, book review, christian stewardship, diet, food, food and nutrition, Food Inc, Food Rules, holistic faith, industry, michael pollan, society |
By Ricci Kilmer on 07/02/2010
I was missing communion, I was missing the body of Christ. And not just the spiritualized view of the Lord’s Table but the actual down to earth translation of what that meant. What does it mean to BE Christ’s body for people? What does it mean to say that his body is offered freely?…
Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged being the Body of Christ, christian faith, communion, embodying our faith, eucharist, food, incarnational faith, Intentional Christian Community, justice, Lord's Supper, Social Justice, Whole-life Christian faith |
By Jason Fowler on 07/01/2010
I see a new generation returning to GOD’s creation- working with it- cultivating it instead of abusing it. Of all the things in the world, I feel the most hopeful when I see these ‘greenhorns’ marching across fields with seeds of tomorrow in hand…
Posted in Features, Food & Agriculture, Videos, Voice of One Calling | Tagged agriculture, America, farming, greenhorns, Homesteading, Sustainable Agriculture, the future of agriculture, urban agriculture, video, young farmers |
By Jason Fowler on 05/21/2010
Often local food pantries don’t have fresh vegetables to give to hungry folks who come in and I know as gardeners, my wife and I have had times where we needed somewhere to take our over abundant harvest…
Posted in Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged Ample Harvest, AmpleHarvest.org, food pantries, Gardening, gardening resources, Gary Oppenheimer, gleaning, Hunger, Social Justice |
By Jason Fowler on 04/22/2010
Adam was placed in a garden GOD planted Himself. Today GOD is again placing His people in gardens. This Christian community based agriculture can be a powerful shift in how we function as local expressions of GOD’s kingdom. These farms and gardens can serve as places of spiritual renewal…
Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Food & Agriculture, Voice of One Calling | Tagged agriculture, Christian faith and gardening, church farm movement, church renewal, church-based commuity gardens, community gardens, Creation Care, faith-based community gardens, gardening as mission, Joseph's Gardens, Social Justice, spiritual formation, theology of gardening, Whole-life Christian faith |
By Christine Sine on 04/22/2010
The contagion is spreading. America has garden fever and even faith communities are getting involved. Community gardens are springing up in church parking lots all over the country. And some urban churches have taken over vacant blocks of land that have stood empty for years or created rooftop gardens…
Posted in Community and Ecclesia, Features, Food & Agriculture | Tagged Christian faith and gardening, Christine Sine, church-based commuity gardens, community gardens, faith-based community gardens, Joseph's Gardens |
By Jason Fowler on 04/22/2010
(Watch Food, Inc online for a limited time) “Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment…”
Posted in Food & Agriculture, Voice of One Calling | Tagged decentralizing the food system. locavore, food, Food Inc, food production, local food movement, movie |
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