Faith in Food workshop in Delhi

Little girls in a parade in Amritsar, India. Photograph by Chris Goldberg

ARC’s Faith in Food initiative holds its first workshop in New Delhi on Monday January 3, 2011, for faith leaders in India to discuss sustainable food and farming. Read the whole press release here.

The New Delhi workshop – at WWF-India on Monday January 3, 2011 – is the latest international consultation for Faith in Food which inspires faith communities to link how and what they eat to their beliefs and values about caring for the Earth.

Attending the Delhi workshop will be faith leaders from Baha’ism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism and Sikhism. Also attending will be leading environmental champion Dr Vandana Shiva, renowned for her work to protect the diversity and integrity of living resources (especially native seeds) and her promotion of organic farming and fair trade products.

ARC’s Faith in Food coordinator Susie Weldon said Faith in Food was about faith communities recognising that eating is a moral and spiritual act that affects all life on earth.

“Our choices around what and how we eat are some of the most powerful we have in terms of their impact on the environment, our fellow citizens and other living creatures,” she said.

“Agriculture has a huge role to play in terms of land degradation, water pollution, loss of biodiversity and carbon emissions. At the same time one billion people in the world do not have enough to eat.

“If we all ate planet-friendly food – food that is healthy, sustainable, fairly traded and kind to the Earth and to animals – that would have a huge impact, not only on the environment and on climate change but also on human wellbeing.”

To read more about how we can use food to honour our values and transform the world one meal at a time, click here. Or visit ARC’s website at www.arcworld.org