Readers,
While I was in Namibia on a synod visitation trip this spring, the women of a church in a remote desert region in the north cooked us a special meal that was, by all means, all local. The goat, the chicken, a fermented milk concoction, the pumpkin and grain for the oshifima porridge all came, I'm certain, from a mile or two radius. Other than a few cans of pop, I'm thinking that this was the most "locally produced" meal I'd ever had. I've marveled over that meal and how it was accomplished many times since. I'm looking forward to next weekend's Ethics of Eating conference in Tacoma, and I hope you'll join me. Here are the details. -RP
The 2010 Ethics of Eating event "What’s on Our Plate and Why Does it Matter?" will be Oct. 15 and 16 at Trinity Lutheran Church of Parkland and Pacific Lutheran University. The event, to raise awareness of hunger in the world, will feature the Rev. Jim McDonald, managing director of Bread for the World. Other speakers will include David Creech of the ELCA Hunger Appeal. It begins Friday evening from 5 to 9 p.m. McDonald will speak then and a soup supper is planned. Also that night, a film is planned, along with discussion on ELCA water efforts. Trinity Lutheran church is at 12115 Park Ave. The event continues Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at PLU. The cost is $25 for adults and $15 for youth. To register, contact Allison Ramsey at the synod office or visit www.lutheranssw.org.
While I was in Namibia on a synod visitation trip this spring, the women of a church in a remote desert region in the north cooked us a special meal that was, by all means, all local. The goat, the chicken, a fermented milk concoction, the pumpkin and grain for the oshifima porridge all came, I'm certain, from a mile or two radius. Other than a few cans of pop, I'm thinking that this was the most "locally produced" meal I'd ever had. I've marveled over that meal and how it was accomplished many times since. I'm looking forward to next weekend's Ethics of Eating conference in Tacoma, and I hope you'll join me. Here are the details. -RP
The 2010 Ethics of Eating event "What’s on Our Plate and Why Does it Matter?" will be Oct. 15 and 16 at Trinity Lutheran Church of Parkland and Pacific Lutheran University. The event, to raise awareness of hunger in the world, will feature the Rev. Jim McDonald, managing director of Bread for the World. Other speakers will include David Creech of the ELCA Hunger Appeal. It begins Friday evening from 5 to 9 p.m. McDonald will speak then and a soup supper is planned. Also that night, a film is planned, along with discussion on ELCA water efforts. Trinity Lutheran church is at 12115 Park Ave. The event continues Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at PLU. The cost is $25 for adults and $15 for youth. To register, contact Allison Ramsey at the synod office or visit www.lutheranssw.org.
What's on Our Plate and Why Does it Matter? event registration page is www.regonline.com/Whats_on_our_plate.
ReplyDeleteI'll post workshops soon.