The title of the radio show appealed to me since Deconstructing Supper: Is your food safe? is a wonderful video that we lend out to groups for viewing around the country. You can see the lending library list here according…
Read more »Interesting Discussion on Food Cost
How much fun is it when one blog references another? I donno, but I do think the conversation going on over at Ruhlman.com on what food should cost and what is a fair price for those who produce that food, especially organic and local, should be is worth a read.
Read more »To All Eaters! – Stephen Bartlett podcast: exclusive feature
Download Stephen’s Farm Bill Polemic-8-07.MP3 It is about 2.4 megabytes, so you may wish to read his piece below: WARNING MESSAGE!: To All Eaters! From Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville Do you know how much taxpayer money goes to the Farm…
Read more »Congregation connects food, farming and faith
By Cathleen Hockman-Wert of Corvallis Mennonite Fellowship, from the the quarterly newsletter of the Interfaith Food and Farms Partnership (IFFP), a project of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon’s Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns. Corvallis Mennonite Fellowship dedicated five of our summer…
Read more »Apple vs Snack Cake Battle to the Death for the Farm Bill
Enjoy this farm bill drama between a Twinkie-like food item and a virtuous apple. Tomorrow, we’re back to business with a serious Farm Bill action alert on Food Aid… The Food Battle web site’s Farm Bill Quick Facts are great,…
Read more »When the going gets rough, join God’s holy mission of justice and healing
The Food and Faith Blog highlights ways people are building life-giving food systems based on community, sustainability, faith and love, as well as ways our agri-food systems all too often fail to give glory to God. That is reality, and…
Read more »The Food Literacy Project
On Friday, we were picking up produce to bring over to the Urban Fresh farmer’s market cold storage and I finally had the chance to see the Food Literacy Project, which shares space at the working Field Day Family Farm…
Read more »The real value of local food versus the straw man
From Anna Blythe Lappé (Co-author of Hope’s Edge and author of GRUB, Anna will be the keynote speaker at the Presbyterians for Restoring Creation’s National Ecojustice Conference in October) I don’t know how many of you are Economist readers but,…
Read more »Farm Bill Tuesday: Senate Action on Competition
Dear Better Farm Bill Friends, People of faith don’t give up easily! This week, we repeat our call for reform of Title 1 and an end to trade-distorting subsidies. In addition, over the next few weeks we will highlight where…
Read more »What to do with all those tomatoes
The Senate may not vote on the Farm Bill until September, but meanwhile – if your kitchen looks like mine – the tomatoes are taking over! Or, if not, you could soon have this blessed problem by inquiring about a…
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