Faithful Harvest Campaign “To live, we must daily break the bread and shed the blood of creation. The point is, when we do this knowingly, lovingly, skillfully, reverently, it is a sacrament; when we do it ignorantly, greedily, clumsily, destructively, it is a desecration…in such desecration, we condemn ourselves to spiritual and moral loneliness and others to want.” Wendell Berry News - "Not Just a Cup, but a Just Cup" in O Magazine. Click here to read the story. The Faithful Harvest Campaign is a challenge to people of faith everywhere to regard the acts of eating and food production as sacramental. Faithful Harvest is a way of life - a new framework for making choices, it is living out a new consciousness of the importance of food in your faith life and in our society. Faithful Harvest is a groundswell to transform the U.S. food system into a food system that rights the injustices of current practices. Click here to read more about why people of faith care about food and food production. Faith-Based Resources Our Daily Bread: Harvesters of Hope and Gardeners of Eden Click here to learn more about the resource. Click here to download. Register your Earth Day Sunday celebration with the Eco-Justice Network The National Catholic Rural Life Conference boldy proclaims: Eating is a Moral Act! This site is a treasure of information and reflection on what Christian teachings tell us about eating. Food As Sacramental is the introductory essay to the anthology, Food & Faith, edited by Mike Schut. This is an excellent, accessible, and compelling essay on the intersections of food and faith. Sacred Foods Project is an interfaith effort to promote the marketing and production of food in accordance to religious teachings. Check out their wonderful Resources section. Food and Climate is a resource from the Presbyterian Church that links global warming and agriculture. "Farming By The Book: Food, Farming, and the Environment in the Bible and in the Qur-an" by Gary W. Fick "Sustainable Agriculture: A Christian ethic of gratitude" by Mark Graham, assistant professor of theology and religious studies, Villanova University Just Eating? Practicing Our Faith at the Table is a powerful resource of the Presbyterian Hunger Program that examines five key aspects of our relationship with food using Scripture, prayer, and stories. People of Faith Take Action Real Stories from Real Congregations What We Can Do Worship In Your Congregation At Home Community Outreach and Ministry Advocacy Learn More The Basics About Farm Stewardship and Environmental Programs, and Capitol Hill Basics (the different steps the farm bill must pass through before becoming law) from American Farmland Trust