Baltimore Food and Faith

The Baltimore Food and Faith Project (BFFP) was launched in 2007 by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. We work to raise awareness about, and find solutions to, problems with our current food system. Partnering with area faith communities, farmers, parochial schools, and other organizations, we work to address issues of environmental stewardship, social and economic justice, health and nutrition, hunger and community food security, animal welfare, and community well-being.

As an interfaith program, the Project is building a dynamic network of individuals, congregations, and faith-based organizations that can exchange insights and work together to make positive change. We do this through dialogue among network members at interfaith workshops and an annual summer film series, by speaking at different events and directly to congregational groups, through the publication of a quarterly newsletter (The Good Food Digest), and by providing technical assistance and funding to faith communities engaging in a wide variety of projects. Our faith community partners are, for example:

• planting organic vegetable gardens
• serving fair-trade coffee at their events
• holding dinners with locally, sustainably, and humanely produced foods
• participating in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs
• hosting cooking, canning, and preserving classes
• educating their own faith community about food related issues

Through our collective efforts, the Baltimore Food and Faith Project considers the moral and religious implications of the way in which we, as a society, produce and distribute our food, and works to translate our values into action.

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