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Food Waste: By the Numbers is an article from the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) on the statistics of food waste in the United States. The article states that 40% of our food that is grown gets wasted. It then goes on to discuss steps to reduce food waste and how to be more aware. To read the entire article, click here.
To read another post from EEN about food waste, click here.
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As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.- Luke 8:15
Food Waste: No one is Perfect, so Compost is an article from the Evangelical Environmental Network that describes how to reduce food waste. It focuses on composting as a way to reduce the amount of waste created in the kitchen and gives tips on how to efficiently compost. To read the entire article, click here.
To read another post from EEN, click here.
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A Rocha believes that a garden is a place to meet with the Lord and marvel at His miracles. It’s a place to love your neighbor, care for creation, and grow veggies. Gardening plays a prominent role in God’s plans by meeting needs and celebrating the bounty of God’s earth. They have created a manual for groups interested in growing gardens and blessing their communities. To read this guide, click here.
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JustMatters is a program created by JustFaith Ministries. It is a series of modules that allow small faith communities to explore critical current issues such as hunger and migration. The modules are eight weeks and are meant to create an environment that invites personal transformation. To read more, click here.
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The Interreligious Eco-Justice Network, along with Connecticut Interfaith Power & Light, have created a way to reduce your carbon footprint through the kitchen. Eating a plant based diet is better for the body and the planet, and can help save money. They offer recipes for all different occasions to help your meals be delicious and sustainable. To view all of the recipes, click here.
http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170829/columbus-bonds-with-ghana-sister-city-through-agriculture-project
In 2015, Roman Catholic Cardinal Peter Turkson visited Ohio and the proceeds from his talk with OSU President Michael Drake at Mershon Auditorium were used as matching funds in a grant from the Initiative for Food and Agricultural Transformation (InFACT) discovery theme program to fund an agricultural exchange between Accra, Ghana, and Columbus, Ohio. Last week, three Ghanaian high school students involved in YMCA and 4-H visited Columbus in response to this sister city and sister garden initiative. The Columbus Dispatch reported on their visit… Read more.
The Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways (GCILL) is an informal umbrella created to support short-term and long-term projects that educate and inform people about indigenous ways of knowing and wisdom for modern times—spirituality that raises human consciousness and harmonious relationship with Mother Earth. The focus of the GCILL has evolved over time first focusing on public speaking by sharing the message of wisdomkeepers (including the work of Ilarion “Larry” Merculieff), helping others and Mother Earth. They then focused on speaking engagements in order to help people create programs to discuss good dialogue surrounding difficult issues. They hope to become their own 501c3 non-profit organization.
Here are GCILL’s current focus areas:
GreenFaith has produced a guide for sustainable food for religious institutions called Repairing Eden. It outlines food actions that religious schools and houses of faith should consider. They also partnered with the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future to produce the Good Food Toolkit. It provides a food audit to assist faith communities in improving their food work. To read or download Repairing Eden and the Good Food Toolkit, click here.
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A Global Food Fight is an article by David Radcliff posted on New Community Project’s website. It gives scripture passages related to hunger and food production after a story of how hunger impacts people around the world. To read the entire article, click here.
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Eat Drink and be Wary is a downloadable brochure from the New Community Project. It focuses on food choices that lead to a healthier planet and person. It offers ways to shop smarter and facts about what foods cause the most harm to the earth. To read more or download Eat Drink and be Wary, click here.
