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@MichaelFakhri the UN special rapporteur on the right to food: “Any hope for justice for all in the United States must address people’s food needs and the food system.” Stuart Haniff, CEO @foodbankrgv: "The truth is, we’re never going to foodbank our way out of hunger."

Because the root cause of hunger is inequality, any method of boosting food production that deepens inequality will fail to reduce hunger. Conversely, only technologies that have positive effects on the distribution of wealth, income, and assets, that are pro-poor, can truly reduce hunger. -Miguel Altieri
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Because the root cause of hunger is inequality, any method of boosting food production that deepens inequality will fail to reduce hunger. Conversely, only technologies that have positive effects on the distribution of wealth, income, and assets, that are pro-poor, can truly reduce hunger. -Miguel Altieri

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 26 Jun 2022

@cbcbooks @rebecapedia @cbcideas The contemporary 'paradise gardening' or 'prophetic earthwork' movement adds a novel twist, embodying a dynamic reconciliation of path, justice and peace in the natural, immediate sequence of a concrete, native journey into Beauty’s deepest ground. How and why do we garden, then?

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Quoted by@DanielPinchbeck 1/ Every resurrection is parochial. Where this experience identifies with our immediate habitat, we assume a form of care in which the act of healing and journey of homecoming reveal themselves as one and the same - our primary pathway into Awakening.Quoted by@CACRadicalGrace @RichardRohrOFM James 2:17: "In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." Jim Wallis: "Jesus didn’t say, “Blessed are the peace-lovers.” He said, “peace-makers.” Italian proverb: "It is not enough to aim. You must hit."