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Ghost Ranch, New Mexico!
Interests: Overcoming the little self
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I hadn't seen this news on land grabs. This is such an important issue. Thanks for this post, Alexandra!
Commented Nov 2, 2010 on The Right to Food: Security vs. Solidarity at Food and Faith
The Right to Food: Security vs. Solidarity
Democracy Now! brings us this report on food security and land grabs, with Olivier De Schutter , United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and Smita Narula, faculty director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University Law School. The current practice ...
Yes. Hope to see you there, Leslie!
Commented Oct 11, 2010 on monsanto at Food and Faith
monsanto
After asking a class of college kids whether they had heard of Monsanto and none of them had, I asked the same question on the PHP Facebook page and many do know about Monsanto. But, there seems to be a generation gap on this. Many had heard about Monsanto years or decades ago. Like these three...
Please note that it is also possible to join the HEART - Heaven on Earth Agrarian Road Trip for a segment of the trip, or to caravan together, especially as we head north toward the US Social Forum in Detroit.
Commented Mar 23, 2010 on Moderator minute for mission: Heaven on Earth ROAD TRIP! at reyes-chow :: MODERATOR
Moderator minute for mission: Heaven on Earth ROAD TRIP!
Throughout my travels as I have been attending conferences and visiting ministries, I have invited folks to send me short write-ups on their ministries and, with the understanding that, as I was able, I would post them on this blog. My hope in doing this is by no means to touch upon all ministr...
Great stuff, Alex. And on this topic, check out this multimedia presentation, which shares the stories and voices of farmworkers, growers, businesses and fair food advocates. You can learn about the harsh realities of farmworker conditions and the promise of improved farm labor practices in American agriculture.
http://www.fairfoodproject.org/main/
Commented Nov 25, 2009 on Fair Food at Food and Faith
Fair Food
A few weeks ago, in a town in Peru called Huancayo in the Central Andes, we celebrated the anniversary of CEDEPAS, one of the founding organizations in the Joining Hands Network Peru (a program of the Presbyterian Church USA Hunger Program). It was a conference about Organic Agriculture and Foo...
Awesome picture. I was supposed to do a workshop this summer at GR but failed to get enough registrants. Alas! How I miss that place. Glad you got out there. -akb
Commented Sep 22, 2009 on More numerous than the stars in the sky... at Here I Am
More numerous than the stars in the sky...
Looking up in the night sky at Ghost Ranch (yes, this is a real picture I took this week) I can't help but think of God's promise to Abraham. Nothing too profound - but it God's promise really strikes home when you see the sky as it was in Abraham's day (well almost, there were still some lig...
How stupid do they think we are? Focus groups no doubt confirm we are pretty darn stupid, I guess. :-( Of course all food is grown in a locality since vegetation is rooted in place!
Commented Aug 17, 2009 on the corporate co-opt of local at Food and Faith
the corporate co-opt of local
Sure, buying local is getting big, but even I didn't think corporations would begin attempts to profit off it so soon. Call me naive. Here is a section from an excellent article about the co-optation of local. Even Wal-Mart is getting in on the act, hanging bright green banners over its produce...
Anitra. Hi. I enjoyed your reading your thoughts. For one, it's encouraging and affirming to know that someone is thinking about the GAC employees this week. Being at home alone doing hours of labor on my 99-year-old house can be a little isolating.
Dealing with the losing out on a week of pay?
I turned my time off into virtual $ by scraping caulking and beginning to prime the house. I hope my hours of grunting and sore muscles made up for some portion of lost wages by not outsourcing the job.
Some other pluses were:
1) learning what critters were eating what seeds, seedlings and vegetables in my yard.
2) no email for 10 days!!!
3) time to drive to Pat Gleich's horse farm (I think you know she is out of a job since the latest cuts and negating the national health office; and they have to sell their beautiful farmstead) to get a pick-up truck load of seasoned manure and oak shavings!
4) feeling (ouch) my muscles, learning skills, and actually seeing the fruit of my labor!
5) time for basketball with Julian to give my forearms a break
6) heard lots of Terry Gross interviews on NPR
7) and did I mention no email?
A GAC colleague said, when I asked about his week - "If I could afford it, I'd do it every week!"
I guess I would miss trying to make a difference through my work with the church....but sign me up for every other week!
Thanks for being Anitra. You do it well.
Best, andrew
Commented May 25, 2009 on Our Own Backyard at Food and Faith
Our Own Backyard
I want to start this entry with the following disclaimer: I am not currently employed by any Christian-affiliated organization but I have been and hope to do so again. I am grateful for having had the opportunity to do meaningful work with compensation and I am even more grateful when I rem...
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