Description
Many congregations and faith-based organizations have established ministries to address food insecurity in their neighborhoods and communities, but have we considered things like the local food system, climate change, growing practices, and food waste? Are we prioritizing food justice while we practice asset-based community development? This workshop is geared towards congregational and faith-based non-profit staff who are implementing or planning to implement food “ministries” or programs. It addresses the questions:
– “How does our faith inform our decisions about food – growing, consuming, purchasing, and sharing it?”
– “What is my food system, and who is or is not benefitting?”
– “What are best practices of addressing the root causes of food inequity?”
The workshop combines areas of food security, food justice, climate change, food sovereignty, asset-based community development, and theological reflection as we learn how to change our individual and congregational practices, shift our ministries, and partner with the broader food system.
