Family farming is the key to making systems of food production and consumption more “inclusive, resilient and efficient,” Pope Francis said.
Family farmers invaluable to future of agriculture, pope says
Black family farms find a Catholic ally for bringing fresh food and hope to tables
Home to the landmark Edmund Pettus Bridge and other Civil Rights era memories, Alabama’s Selma also is home to another effort to strengthen African-American family-owned farms and communities across the Deep South that rely on them: the Edmundite Missions’ Black Farmers Initiative.
Not just Rice Bowl, CRS chapters and clubs engage Catholics in living out ‘missionary discipleship’
“We had this idea,” Bill O’Keefe of CRS said, “about creating communities of supporters who could come together, based on faith, and take consequential actions that would really make a difference in the lives of vulnerable people around the world.”
Advocates already pushing for a satisfactory farm bill in 2023
“Inflation has increased prices for fuel and inputs for farmers and ranchers,” said James Ennis, executive director of Catholic Rural Life. “It’s putting a lot more pressure on (farmers). They are facing some more headwinds than they were in 2018.”
Joe Towalski: Let’s show support for farmers and rural communities
“The work of these and other family farmers to put food on our tables is more than a job, it’s a vocation.”
Faiths institute asks Gates Foundation to change tactics in Africa
An African faiths environmental institute is calling on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to stop funding green revolution technologies and genetically modified seeds for the continent.
Social justice lobby’s roundtable tour reveals rural needs
The report “Raising Rural Voices: Listening to the Hopes and Hardships of Rural Communities” identifies a series of difficult economic, communication and social challenges facing rural communities.
Dirt therapy — Farming in Minnesota
One challenge in farming is fighting depression. Mental health resources are available.