Environment & Natural World
The Earth Might Heal Us
A conversation with Soul Fire Farm’s Leah Penniman prompts a reflection on the historic wound of slavery and the healing potential of our planet.
Read MoreSearching the Fields
Memoirist Marie Mutsuki Mockett journeys across the American Great Plains, looking to understand its history, people, and spirituality and, maybe, herself.
Read MoreGardens of Change
As the Second World War loomed on the horizon, writer Louis Bromfield abandoned his celebrity-filed life in France to farm in his native Ohio. His writings and activism presaged the contemporary sustainable food movement and stand as an early parallel to Pope Francis’s environmental message in Laudato Si’.
Read MoreFarmers This Earth Day
Earlier this month, I sat down with Matt Russell, Executive Director, Iowa Interfaith Power & Light, to discuss his organization’s work to change the narrative surrounding farmers and climate change. Matt’s own farm, Coyote Run Farm, has become a de facto political stop for presidential candidates in Iowa.
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