The Duke Summer Institute: Making Peace with the Land
This afternoon I will be headed to Durham, North Carolina for the Duke Divinity School ‘Summer Institute’ hosted by their Center for Reconciliation. I will be taking part in a week-long seminar, titled: ‘Making Peace with the Land’ taught by Norman Wirzba and Fred Bahnson…
Agrarian Revival: New Blood In The Old Body (Crob Mob video)
Kudos to Trace Ramsey (aka Cricket Bread) for this brilliantly profound essay and video: Crop Mob: An Introduction…
Congregational Supported Agriculture (The Other CSA)
Traditionally, churches or faith congregations reach out and serve those around them, meeting spiritual needs, of course, but also dealing with physical needs in the community. Food is a great way to fulfill both needs…
The Mad Farmer: Wendell Berry’s Agrarian Poetic (Part 5)
The mad farmer says of the farmer who has given in to industrialization “If he raises a good crop at the cost of belittling himself and diminishing the ground, he has gained nothing…The Mad Farmer encourages us to stop thinking about money and goods and to return to thinking about our communities and land…
Back to the Land: the View From Here
We slowly are settling back in to life among the mountains and streams again here in Bedford County, Virginia. Our life is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination – but we are abundantly blessed…
The Colors of Hope: Becoming People of Mercy, Justice and Love (book excerpt)
The new book by Seattle pastor Richard Dahlstrom just recently hit the shelves. Check out this excerpt from the chapter titled ‘Art in the Garden-So Sow…’ from this new book ‘The Colors of Hope: Becoming People of Mercy, Justice and Love’…
Local Churches Launch Fresh-Food Market (Seattle)
It is encouraging to see what churches are doing to help in this challenging economic times and what better place to find out what is happening than in the local newspaper. Someone just sent me this article Local Churches Launch fresh-food market to change the way we eat…
The Mad Farmer: Wendell Berry’s Agrarian Poetic (Part 4)
We are reminded that we are to cultivate an agricultural and communal vision that marries the wisdom from the past with a view towards the distant future. If the result is unorthodox and against the popular opinion of the day- than so be it- we are contrarian as a means to enact a restoration of what has been broken…
Farmageddon (movie trailer)
“Farmageddon exposes the battle over food rights in America. Farmer’s and consumers start food co-ops and buying clubs or homesteads, and then are shut down by the government in the name of food safety.”
Presbyterian Camp Seeks Farming Pioneer/Camp Coordinator in NE Ohio
Farm pioneering opportunity for well-focused social entrepreneur within a 235-acre property in Northeast Ohio. Joseph Badger Meadows, an underutilized Presbyterian USA camp and conference center, is looking for an on-site camp coordinator…
