Electronic Publications
What's Next?: Example Projects for Your Congregation (PDF) a one-page idea sheet from Come to the Table
Just Eating?: Practicing Our Faith at the Table - a curriculum on health, hunger, ecology and community developed by Advocate Health Care, Church World Service, and the Presbyterian Hunger Program
Cultivating Community - Notes from "Cultivating Community: Starting a Congregation-Sponsored Community Garden," November, 2007.
The Ethics of Eating - Information Cards from the Nation Catholic Rural Life Conference
Organic Agriculture and Access to Food (PDF) - an issues paper presented at the 2007 International Conference on Organic Agriculture and Food Security
Suggested Books
Food & Faith: Justice, Joy and Daily Bread. ed. Michael Schut
The Essential Agrarian Reader. ed. Norman Wirzba
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. Barbara Kingsolver
The Omnivore's Dilemma. Michael Pollan
Simply in Season Cookbook, Childrens Cookbook and Study Guide- Mennonite Central Committee
Web Sites
Local Harvest - Find local farms and farmers markets
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
NCCC Faithful Harvest - The National Council Of Churches of Christ Ecojustice Programs provide several resources for worship that explores issues of agriculture, justice and sustainability.
SSAWG Community Food Systems Resources - The Southern Sustaintable Agriculture Working Group offers a series of resources on building a strong comunity food system.
America's Second Harvest Food Bank
The Food Project - Boston youth and adults partnering to create a sustainable and accessible food system. The Food Project offers manuals and training for youth-centered agricultural projects.