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Removing Upton Sinclair’s Gag and Re-Learning Good Food Treatment
August 23, 2015 Last week federal Judge Lynn Winmill ruled the Idaho Ag Security Act law unconstitutional. The “ag gag” law made it a crime to make undercover recordings or gain employment at a farm under false pretenses. Idaho legislators developed the law after an activist filmed and posted a video online showing cow mistreatment…
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Ending Racial Disparity Calls for Non-Traditional Congregations
August 12, 2015 This last week Sojourners magazine gave us Jenna Barnett’s interview—A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Faith in Ferguson—with Leah Gunning Francis, a professor at Eden Theological Seminary professor. The article centered on professor Francis’ thoughts on racial disparities and the real “Ferguson Effect.” When asked, What role should the church play in current racial justice…
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Considering the Purple Cow Pill
August 09, 2015 Soon there may be a new solution for problematic burping. A Purple Pill, of sorts, except for cows rather than humans. Folk might have heard it said that cow farting contributes to high methane levels, which depletes ozone. However, the cow methane problem comes from cow belching rather than their farting. Being…
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Generational Food Justice
August 02, 2015 [Post By Selys Rivera: Yakama Christian Mission Intern 2015] This is supposed to be humane? I thought to myself when David Bell took me to the cattle auction for the first time. He wanted to take me the first week I arrived so I could handle it better once we brought workgroups.…
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Justice Arrives Through the Voices of the Fearless
July 26, 2015 I watched as folk went to the microphones and spoke. Over a few days, they spoke on a number of issues and resolutions at the assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Many who spoke were pastors or folk who held some role of publicly speaking in the Church. Many were…
Chewing the Cud 