church gardens

Black network’s farm-to-church movement brings fresh food to Baltimore

By Adelle M. Banks — April 20, 2018
BALTIMORE (RNS) — The Rev. Heber Brown III, founder of the Black Church Food Security Network, says that 'food banks, soup kitchens and food pantries will not change the underlying conditions that have our community hungry in the first place.'

Cultivating the connection between soil and the soul with ‘FaithLands’

By Kimberly Winston — April 10, 2018
PAICINES, Calif. (RNS) — When 40 faith-based farmers gathered for a first-of-its-kind weekend at a working ranch near San Jose, they sought nothing less than a complete disruption of how food is grown, distributed and even served.

New book recounts church gardening as peacemaking ministry

By Yonat Shimron — August 13, 2013
BREVARD, N.C. (RNS) “The Christianity I grew up with was about a personal relationship with Jesus,” says Fred Bahnson, a godfather of the church garden movement. “Our care for the Earth never seemed to enter the conversation.”
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