Food is a great connector; we all eat. Many of our siblings in the ELCA are farmers or live in farming communities sustain us all! How can we make connections between the important work of farmers, the faithful love of land and earth, and the way we consume and distribute food?
- Learn: Why farming, soil, hunger and the climate crisis are connected
- Learn: By Watching/Screening a film
- The Biggest Little Farm (Health and corporate farming)
- Regenerating Life, by John Feldman (see our Film-maker Q+A)
- Act: As a church
- How can YOUR church start a Community Garden – ELCA World Hunger gathered inspiration and practical tools: in English (click) or Spanish (click).
- Reduce Waste in Feeding Ministries (See Pg 17 of this World Hunger Feeding Ministry Guide
- Spiritual Care for farmers (read more here)
- Eating Mindfully as a Church
- Act: As a faithful farmer
- Future Friendly Farming (2011 Case studies)
- Incentives for farmers to take on sustainable practices.
- More intersections: