In April 2007 when Food and Faith Blog was born, we asked the question: Why are the bees dying? A year later, some answers are emerging. Following the mass deaths of bees and other insects in the state of Baden-Wurttemberg,…
Read more »Food Crisis U.S.A.?
Mark Winne, a food justice activist, author, and former director of the Hartford Food System (a grantee of the Presbyterian Hunger Program) helps change the angle from which we view the high food price issue and focus on the importance…
Read more »hungry for profit (not me!)
When I woke up this Sunday morning (day three of the fast), my heart was still pounding. So I thought I would drink some organic grape juice, but didn’t have any in the house. I didn’t know when Rainbow Blossoms…
Read more »the fast that chooses many
I’ve gone without the last six meals as part of a fast that about 40 people we know about are participating in. Many are PC(USA) staff who are trying to discern ways to respond to the Global Food Crisis; others…
Read more »Food Films Galore
Thanks to friends in the sustainable ag world for the list below of films on the ever-popular topic of food. There are some additional ones on the Presbyterian’s Food and Faith site. Plus, at the bottom of this post are…
Read more »Why organic will feed the world – Final 9 & 10
This morning, Ginger Martin, entered the hall to the chanting of an elder along with 20 women holding woven plates like suns shining on the first day of the world. Small boys with antler-like sticks brought up the rear. The…
Read more »Sacred Risk
I do not have (to the best of my knowledge) any DNA links to the Chinook people of the Pacific Northwest, nor to any other Native American peoples. I am, however, a daughter of Oregon where I spent over 4/5th…
Read more »King Corn
Coming soon are the final installment of Organic Versus GMO and more on the food crisis. In the meantime, KING CORN rules. Last year, I had the pleasure of meeting the co-producers and stars of the documentary, Ian Cheney and…
Read more »Feed the world? Organic will; GMO won’t: 7 & 8 of 10
Ten and ten are a lot! I’m combining the last few so we can hear from other authors about the growing food crisis – what some have called “peak food,” because of some parallels to Peak Oil. On that note,…
Read more »Feed the world? Organic will; GMO won’t: 6 of 10
Get real! The profit motive MUST NOT be a rationale for poisoning ourselves! So say thousands all over the country who are calling for a ban on Endosulfan. On February 19, U.S. groups sent a petition signed by 19,000 to…
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