Today is the last day of preparation before we head out on the first two-week leg of the Eat Well Food Tour. A friend just sent me a link to a great article that's really invigorating for me as to why we're doing this tour in the first place. The article, "Breaking Bread: When Churches Join the Good Food Movement," contains the following quote from Dr. Norman Wirzba:
How do we envision an economy in which the health of land and people together can be established? We need practices in which we can reestablish our relationship with the land. This is where church gardens are so important. To be in a garden is to learn that we need a new relationship with creation. It's where our own lives become a gift to be given to others. Gardens can be a powerful witness to the world for the church to be able to say, 'this is how you receive the world, this is how you receive each other, and this is how we share God's goodness. This is how we resist treating each other as commodities.'
As we've been spreading the word about the tour, we've been hearing about so many community garden projects happening at churches all over the U.S. and Canada--what an amazing way to express so many of the Church's deepest values! We look forward to exploring some specific projects more deeply throughout the summer, so stay tuned...
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