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Articles with the tag: food
A farming community recovering from drought is giving fresh fruit and vegetables to people throughout New South Wales while at the same time building resilience. more
Rev. Rob Buchan's Speech to mark the official opening of the "Feed My People" community garden at Moree Uniting Church. more
Ross Neville from the Board of Mission and Miriam Pepper from South Sydney Uniting Church explore the global challenge of world hunger, developments in sustainable farming, and the importance of small farmers and consumers for driving change. The church, they argue, has an important role to play. A version of this article first appeared in Insights, November 2010. www.insights.uca.org.au. more
Ross Neville, the Evangelism, Mission and New Congregations Consultant with the Board of Mission, reports on the 4th quadrennial conference of the International Rural Christian Association (IRCA). The IRCA met in September 2010 in to discuss the IAASTD report to the United Nations entitled “Agriculture at a Crossroads”. more
Professor Robert Barry Leal examines attitudes to food as these appear in the first book of the Bible. He seeks perspectives on current issues related to food, such as global inequality in access to food and ecological degradation. more
Permaculture Hunter and Adamstown Uniting Church's “Sustaining Our Suburbs” initiative has established five community gardens in the Hunger area and reached hundreds more people promoting a message and building skills in edible gardening. more
Jesus ate meat. So, for Christians, sitting down to a roast chook should be a pretty cut and dried theological decision... more
Cafe Church Glebe's fuit and veg co-op provides members with baskets of fresh produce for just $12. Here's how they do it. more
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St George's Uniting Church Eden has embarked on a 10 year mission initiative called the Garden of Eden Community Project. The church is working with the local community to develop the church grounds into a community food and cultural garden for the participation, benefit and enjoyment of all. more