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Food and Faith:
Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread
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"Highly recommended! Thought provoking and inspiring, this book will help many see and express the connections between their faith, their food choices, and caring for God's people and
God's creation."

David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World

Learn about Oxbow Farm and what it takes to get this organic produce to your local farmers market

"The Great Hunter-Gatherer Continuum" 
Find a Farmers Market Near You
Find a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Opportunity Near You
Other Sustainable Food Sources
Food and Farming Political Action and Organizing Sites
See Stories about Small-scale Farming

Links to Food & Farming Resources

"The Great Hunter-Gatherer Continuum," an article by Rev. James Mulligan, explores the questions, "How can we eat in ways that are consistent with our concerns for the land, farmers, farm workers, and farming communities?"  In moving along a continuum of food choices, Rev. Mulligan helps readers to answer this question according to their own food-purchasing options.  He introduces readers to the benefits of farmers markets, CSAs, gardening, and more.  To read this article, click on the link above. You can also find it in our new book, Food & Faith.
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Find a Farmers Market Near You

• The USDA National Directory of Farmers Markets can help you find farmers markets in your state (United States).  
• For those people in Washington state, the Washington State Farmers Market Association's on-line directory can help you find a farmers market near you.

Find a CSA Opportunity Near You

• Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Association provides an up-dated list of CSAs, by state.  Their web site also has very helpful information about the CSA movement and a wealth of resources on sustainable farming and gardening.
• The USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program can help you search for a CSA by your specific state and zip code.
• If you live in the Puget Sound area, you can go directly to Seattle Tilth's CSA directory to find a CSA near you.

Other Sustainable Food Sources

• Local Harvest can help you find a wide variety of other sustainable food sources: food co-ops, farmers markets, restaurants, CSAs/family farms, and much more.
• Eco-labels now appear on many foods and can help to match your social and ecological values with correlative farming practices.  To learn about the meaning behind a wide-variety of labels (e.g., "USDA Organic"), click on the link above.

Stories about Small-scale Farming

• Meet Lon Inaba through an audio/video tour of Inaba Farms and learn about some of the challenges of small-scale farming.
• Learn about Oxbow Farm and their organic farm near Seattle

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