by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Apr 4, 2023 | Baltimore, BCFSN Membership, Black Church, Church Garden, Maryland, Soil To Sanctuary Market
On Saturday, April 1, 2023, nearly 30 people from various Baltimore area churches gathered at Allen AME Church for the April 2023 meeting of the Baltimore Chapter of The Black Church Food Security Network. The agenda for the day included many presentations. Rev....
by Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III | Mar 21, 2023 | Baltimore, BCFSN Membership, BCFSN Updates, Events, Mindful Cooking
Collard Green Wraps with Peanut Sauce yield: 4 WRAPS These collard green wraps with creamy peanut sauce offer a fresh, healthy main dish or appetizer that is bursting with vibrant color and loads of nutrition. The mix of raw & cooked veggies is great for overall...
by Black Church Food Security Network | Aug 8, 2022 | Baltimore, BCFSN Membership, Black Church, Church Garden, Coordinating Committees, Maryland, Popular Education
Cultivating community power in historically marginalized and oppressed communities is often very slow and thoughtful work. There is no microwave for building “people power” in communities that have often been robbed of their power and voice. It happens...
by Admin BlackChurchFSN | Jun 28, 2022 | Baltimore, Church Garden, Coordinating Committees, Maryland
Black churches that work together to grow food in a systematic way can do far more to create sustainable solutions for food apartheid than they can if they only work by themselves. That’s one of the messages that was communicated and demonstrated on Sunday,...
by Admin BlackChurchFSN | Jun 24, 2022 | Baltimore, Church Garden, Maryland
When churches start gardens they run into very predictable problems like: not having a water source not having enough consistent laborers not having seeds not knowing what to grow and when not having sustained support from the congregation not knowing where to start...
by Admin BlackChurchFSN | May 25, 2022 | Baltimore, BCFSN Membership, Black Church, Church Garden, Maryland
In 2017, we partnered with Bishop Heber Brown, II and the Shiloh Baptist Church of Edgemere, Maryland (20 minutes from Baltimore City) to launch a garden on their campus. The garden ministry began with much flair and excitement. Many members of the congregation were...
