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check out the May Sojourners is a special issue on food. Thankful that there is at least one Christian voice ready to speak profetically on food.

membership with these folks isn't a bad idea either.

the special issue will be featuring these articles:

1. Shopping for Justice–Find out how our muzak-themed grocery shopping experiences are mostly a label-designing, meat-coloring, cookie-positioning scheme to keep us occupied and ignorant about what’s in our carts.

2. A Farm Grows in Brooklyn–Fruits, vegetables, and hope are blossoming in Red Hook, a low-income neighborhood struggling with high unemployment and a booming drug trade. Read how a local farmers market is sowing seeds for change.

3. Check Please!–What’s the story behind each of the food items we buy? Surprise–it involves pollution, long-distance travel, the use of fossil fuels, and dangerous chemicals. We have thousands of food choices in America, but at what cost?

4. Grub for Body and Soul–Food activists share new ideas for eating ethically. Hint: They include “grub parties,” organic food, and great music–key provisions for the food revolution.

5. Blessing the Hands That Harvest–With the help of churches, farm workercampaigns are raising awareness of exploitation in agricultural jobs.

6. Dumpster Diving–Turn up your nose, but dumpster diving is one real option for living a frugal, yet abundant, life.