Category - farming

Eat locally to act globally, United Reformed assembly says

staff writers — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:17:26 +0100

Members of the United Reformed Church have been asked to look more carefully at what they eat and where they buy, in order to help protect the income and way of life of British farmers.

Anabaptists take the lead on vital North Korea farm programme

staff writers — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:13:24 +0100

While the food crisis in North Korea continues largely unnoticed in the wider world, due to the country's isolation, a North American Anabaptist peace church is taking quiet steps to provide agricultural assistance.

Church report says the rich benefit from global corruption

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:32:34 +0100

Rich nations are the real beneficiaries of the "boom industry" of global corruption that is making the world's poor even poorer, says a hard-hitting new report from the United Church in Australia. It calls for an end to tax havens.

New range of charity gifts for Christmas from Oxfam

staff writers — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:01:07 +0000

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Church proposes independent ombudsman to stop supermarkets squeezing farmers

staff writers — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:56:12 +0000

The pursuit of cheap food coupled with the buying power of the big supermarkets is putting farming livelihoods at risk, the Church of England has told the Competition Commission. Making farmers pay for supermarkets’ own promotions is just one of a number of invisible and pernicious practices.

Churches called to support farmers during Harvest Festivals

staff writers — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:35:19 +0100

The Bishop of Exeter has encouraged congregations not just to thank God for the food they eat but to remember the farmers who produce it at their Harvest Festivals.

Churches urged to support farming community following Foot and Mouth outbreak

staff writers — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:30:43 +0100

Churches are being urged to stand by to offer support to farming families, warning that the latest Foot and Mouth outbreak with has triggered the reimposition of an EU export ban, could spell disaster for the farming community.

Anglican bishop says church must support farmers through foot-and-mouth

staff writers — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:39:52 +0100

The Anglican Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev John Pritchard, whose diocese includes rural areas, has promised the support of the church to the farming communities involved in the latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

US church tells fast food giant to super-size workers' pay rise

staff writers — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:47:36 +0000

The Rev Clifton Kirkpatrick, who moderates the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), is urging fast-food giant Burger King to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to address wages and working conditions in the tomato fields.

Christian activists highlight the need for justice in Western farming

staff writers — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:42:47 +0000

Bread for the World, a national Christian anti-hunger network, plans to distribute thousands of educational kits to churches around the USA urging churchgoers to lobby members of Congress to change federal agricultural and nutrition programmes in favour of the world's ‚Ä' and the country's ‚Ä' poor.