Difference between revisions of "Christian agroecology"
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| − | Celebrity farmer | + | Celebrity farmer [[Joel Salatin]] unabashedly describes himself as a "Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist" and "lunatic farmer." His [[Polyface Farm]] has served as a model and example of regenerative agriculture in films such as [[Food, Inc.]] among many others. His influence and example for both a generation of young farmers and a large segment of the American public is hard to overstate. |
Poet, author and farmer [[Wendell Berry]] has been an outspoken critic of [[agroindustry]] and industrial pollution as well as the corrosive effects of the contemporary American system on rural culture and agriculture. | Poet, author and farmer [[Wendell Berry]] has been an outspoken critic of [[agroindustry]] and industrial pollution as well as the corrosive effects of the contemporary American system on rural culture and agriculture. | ||
Revision as of 16:15, 8 February 2015
People
Celebrity farmer Joel Salatin unabashedly describes himself as a "Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist" and "lunatic farmer." His Polyface Farm has served as a model and example of regenerative agriculture in films such as Food, Inc. among many others. His influence and example for both a generation of young farmers and a large segment of the American public is hard to overstate.
Poet, author and farmer Wendell Berry has been an outspoken critic of agroindustry and industrial pollution as well as the corrosive effects of the contemporary American system on rural culture and agriculture.
Christian agroecology organizations
Creatio is a Christian environmental organization whose mission is “To promote among all people of good will the reconciliation between the environment and human persons through intellectual reflection, spiritual development, and stewardship actions according to the principles of the Catholic Church”
