Poverty and Hunger

(MDG 1) Welcome to the Poverty and Hunger Group. This group will provide lots of resources and information on how to help those in need locally and around the world. Given these economic times, the victory garden has reemerged onto the scene with vigor. Community gardens are sprouting up all over because with poverty comes hunger. We especially want to hear about community gardens and what you and your organization are doing to provide fresh produce and nutritious staples to hungry people.

Remember, if you can't grow food yourself, you can always support your local food bank in numerous ways. You can encourage members of your house of faith to grow a garden on its grounds like St. Barnabas in Chelsea, St. Andrew's in Ann Arbor, Trinity in Belleville, St. George's in Milford, St. Michael's in East Lansing, St. Peter's in Detroit. Your congregation can join these Episcopal congregations and send progress reports to Covenant 5. Be sure to weigh your produce before you donate and keep a running tally that we can record here.

School grounds are another excellent place for community gardens, like the one at West Middle School in Ypsilanti, MI.

Poverty exists where the job prospects are few, education and vocational training are lacking, and health care is inaccessible. Many more people are suffering from the effects of poverty due to the current distressed economy. This portion of the Covenant V website is dedicated to finding ways to help combat poverty.

Bees are All the Buzz

Forum topic submitted by mledford on 01 May 2009

A natural companion to flower and vegetable gardening is beekeeping. Learn about how you can keep bees to shore up the honey bee populations that are in serious decline, supplement your income or turn it into a business, and have more productive gardens with the help of these little miracle workers. [ read more ]

Food Gatherers, the Washtenaw County Food Bank

Resource (link) submitted by mledford on 30 Apr 2009

Web link: http://www.foodgatherers.org/; E-mail: info@foodgatherers.org; Phone: (734) 761-2796;

Get information on how to help Food Gatherers with food drives, volunteer car washes, community garden start-ups, etc.

Eileen Spring is the Executive Director.

Plant a Row for the Hungry at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church

Project submitted by mledford on 02 Mar 2009

Join us in growing vegetables for local food banks. In 2007, our congregation opened an 18' x 18' vegetable plot in front of our church on Michigan Avenue.

To date, through what we have grown and donations received by local growers, we have donated over 2200 pounds, more than a ton, of fresh produce to our local food bank, Food Gatherers, www.foodgatherers.org [ read more ]

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