November 7-8 — Godspeed the Plough!: The Church and The Redemptive Practice of Agriculture
Discuss the church, food and economy; explore what it means for churches to be faithful witnesses to God’s work of redeeming a fallen creation. Food is one of the basic elements of human life, and yet in many churches there has been little reflection upon how eating habits intersect with the call to live peaceably with all humanity, and indeed all creation. In recent years, there have been plenty of prophetic voices (e.g., Wendell Berry, Michael Pollan) calling us to re-examine how we eat, but how do communities of God’s people respond to these calls? Maybe we eat less. Maybe we eat more local foods. Maybe we work together to grow some of our own food.
When: Friday evening Nov. 7 and Saturday Nov. 8
Where: Englewood Christian Church – 57 N. Rural St. – Indianapolis
The Keynote speaker will be Ragan Sutterfield:
Ragan Sutterfield is a writer and farmer living in the mountains of central Arkansas. After earning a degree in philosophy Ragan spent some time working in Chicago, but decided that he’d rather be back in the rural Arkansas of his childhood. After two years apprenticing with an organic sheep farmer Ragan set out to start his own farm, called Adama Farm (‘Adama’ is the Hebrew word for ‘soil.’) He raises sheep, cattle, chickens, and a very rare breed of pig called the Gloucestershire Old Spot Pig. In all aspects of his farm he tries to use sustainable practices and he experiments constantly with finding better ways to farm at nature’s pace.
For more on Sutterfield, visit his website.
For the conference schedule, cost, registration go to the website. Should be a good one.
