A publication of the Baltimore Food & Faith Project supported by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
The Good Food Digest
Calendar
Spring 2014
NEW EVENT SERIES:
The Good Food Gatherings
We are excited to announce an
action-oriented event series for
this spring and summer! We will be
hosting a series of four Good Food
Gatherings to bring together religious
communities and others who are
working toward a just, healthy and
trustworthy food system. The gatherings will be loosely organized around
the four sections of our Good Food
Toolkit: Eating Well, Teaching Well,
Donating Well, and Acting Well. Each
gathering will feature at least one
invited speaker and conclude with a
facilitated discussion about meaningful action steps to take, both as
individuals and as congregations and
communities.
Our first Good Food Gathering will be
held on Thursday, April 10, from 7 – 9
p.m. at St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran
Church (7001 Harford Rd., Baltimore,
MD 21234). The theme is “Eating
Well: How can we make ‘good food’
choices that nourish our bodies, our
communities, and our planet?” Dr.
March 18th
BFFP and Baltimore Green
Drinks @ Gold West Café
https://www.facebook.com/
events/262003240628048/
6 – 8pm
Come learn how Baltimore area
congregations are impacting the
environment.
April 6th
Jennifer Ayres, theology professor
and author of the book Good Food:
Grounded Practical Theology (2013)
will give the keynote presentation.
Rev. C.W. Harris, founder of Baltimore-based Newborn Holistic Ministries and Strength to Love II Farm
will also participate, along with other
Baltimore-area religious and food
leaders. BFFP will offer opportunities
for financial assistance to congregations implementing Good Food projects this summer. View the flyer for
more information, and please spread
the word!
Upcoming Community Event
Gather Baltimore
http://www.gatherbaltimore.org/
events/552/
Please Join Gather and The Oliver
Community for a farm stand (16 N
Bond St Baltimore, MD 21231).
•$6.00 suggested donation for
a bag of fruits and veggies.
•No one turned away due to
lack of funds!
April 9th,16th, and 23rd
Urban Growing for Local
Markets @ 2640 St. Paul
Street, Baltimore
https://www.facebook.com/
events/244197292408159
6-9 PM
Farm Alliance of Baltimore City,
Real Food Farm, and Future
Harvest CASA present workshops
specifically geared toward growing, with local experts & professionals.
Come hear about the work of BFFP
at the next Baltimore Green Drinks
event on Tuesday, March 18, at Golden West Café in Hampden from 7 to
9 p.m. BFFP Project Officer Darriel
Harris will present alongside Joelle
Novey, Director of Greater Washington Interfaith Power & Light, on the
April 10th
...”Community Event” continued
role that faith communities are playing in the environmental movement.
The discussion will highlight ways in
which local congregations have made
impressive strides to protect the environment and its inhabitants. Hope to
see you there!
BFFP Good Food Gathering
@ St. Luke Evangelical
Church
7001 Harford Rd, Baltimore,
MD 21234
https://www.eventbrite.com/
event/7964549181
2013 BFFP Garden Successes
In 2013, the Baltimore Food and Faith
Project sponsored 16 Faith Community Gardens. Together, the gardens
grew more than 3,200 pounds of
produce, the highest yield in the history of the Baltimore Food and Faith
Garden Grants. Much of the produce
was given away to food banks, soup
kitchens, and congregational members. The garden grant recipients
accumulated some 3,340 volunteer
hours worth $76,987 (according to
a volunteeringinamerica.org assessment of the value of volunteer time
in Maryland in 2012). They also
received donations (financial and
material) from other organizations
valued at $4,000. The Baltimore
Food and Faith Project would like to
congratulate all of the past garden
7-9 PM
The “Eating Well” Good Food
Gathering will discuss how we
can make good food choices that
nourish our bodies, our communities, and our planet?
May 3rd
Vegfest
@ Erickson Field at UMBC
Campus, Baltimore
grant recipient congregations for
their contribution to the Baltimore
Food and Faith mission to promote a
just, healthy, and trustworthy food
system with Baltimore-area faith
communities.
http://www.thehumaneleague.
com/BaltimoreVegFest/index.htm
11am – 4pm
Event will feature speakers, live
music, a yoga village, nutrition
tent, a kids area, and FOOD!
Food for Thought: Check Out BFFP Blog Post, JHSPH Magazine
article
To communicate with Baltimore-area faith communities
more regularly and to stimulate conversation about the
intersection of faith and food, BFFP has started periodical
blogging within CLF’s Livable Future blog. The first blog,
“Religion, Making A Difference, and Food,” was published
on Feb. 19.
BFFP was also recently highlighted in the Johns Hopkins
Public Health magazine’s 2014 Special Issue on Food. The
article, “Planting Health: With Garden Projects: Public
Health Rekindles Humanity’s Need for Seed”, features stories from several of our garden grant recipients.