Food, Farming, and Faith

Food, Farming, and Faith looks at agricultural sustainability and Christianity. Using scripture and science, Gary W. Fick-a Christian agricultural scientist-demonstrates that faith can inform decisions about creating, managing, even consuming our food. The book highlights such topics as food and celebration, environmental care, ecology and faith, soil and water stewardship, animal welfare, and the impact of poverty on women and our food supply. Throughout, Fick presents and discusses biblical passages that comment on these areas and provides insight from personal experiences growing up in a ranching family, in teaching sustainable agriculture, and as a scientist. Ultimately, Fick challenges the reader to think about eating more thoughtfully so that we have good food, a healthy environment, and a comfortable lifestyle all at the same time. Book jacket.

Gary W. Fick is Professor of Agronomy at Cornell University.

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
It Is All about Food	p. 7
Thanksgiving	p. 8
Other Food Associations	p. 10
A Matter of Life and Death	p. 13
The Foundation of Stewardship	p. 15
Motivation	p. 15
In the Beginning	p. 17
Biblical Stewardship	p. 21
Loving What God Loves	p. 25
Ecology in the Bible	p. 29
Living in the Central Flyway	p. 29
Holistic Thinking	p. 31
The Christian Environmentalist	p. 32
Genesis 1	p. 33
The Population Problem	p. 36
Humans and Nature	p. 37
Biological Diversity and Species Extinction	p. 39
Other Ecological Issues	p. 41
Conclusions	p. 42
Land and Climate	p. 43
The Best Land in the World	p. 43
Good Land	p. 45
God's Land	p. 46
Sabbath Rest for the Land	p. 51
Then What Should We Do?	p. 53
Soil and Water	p. 57
Buried Fences	p. 57
Soil in the Bible	p. 59
Water	p. 61
What Is Essential?	p. 63
Essentials for Soil and Water	p. 65
Conclusions	p. 67
Crops, Seeds, and Food	p. 69
Gardening Runs in the Family	p. 69
Kinds of Crops	p. 71
Seeds Are the Source	p. 73
Nurturing the Crop	p. 75
Harvesting, Storage, and Celebration	p. 78
The Essentials	p. 80
Conclusions	p. 82
Livestock and Agriculture	p. 85
Cowboy Days	p. 85
Are Livestock Really Good for Us and the Environment?	p. 88
Livestock in the Ancient Writings	p. 91
Other Aspects of Animal Welfare	p. 92
Economic and Religious Factors	p. 94
The Essentials	p. 97
Conclusions	p. 99
Farming Systems and the Practices of Agriculture	p. 101
A Good Mentor	p. 101
Systems Thinking	p. 103
Soil Tillage	p. 104
Nutrient Management	p. 106
The Wisdom for Farming	p. 108
Soil Tillage in the Bible	p. 110
Nutrient Management in the Bible	p. 111
The Essentials	p. 112
Conclusions	p. 114
The Culture of Agriculture	p. 115
Teaching and Learning	p. 115
Farmers in the Beginning	p. 117
Land Tenure	p. 119
Labor and Financial Matters	p. 122
Food and Culture	p. 124
Ethics and Morality	p. 125
The Essentials	p. 126
Conclusions	p. 127
Abuse, Poverty, and Women	p. 129
Poverty, Women, and Agriculture	p. 130
A Personal View of Poverty	p. 131
Proverbs on Poverty	p. 133
The Abuse of Women	p. 144
What Is Essential Here?	p. 148
Food, Starvation, Obesity, and Diet	p. 151
The Idealism of Youth	p. 151
Hunger and Starvation	p. 153
Obesity	p. 155
The Biblical Diet	p. 158
A Different Model of Food Production	p. 163
Change	p. 164
Agricultural Sustainability	p. 165
Complex Concepts of Agricultural Sustainability	p. 166
Metaphors of Agriculture	p. 170
Simple Facts	p. 174
Abbreviations and Citation of Books in the Bible	p. 175
An Overview of the Bible	p. 177
The Essentials of Agriculture	p. 179
Notes	p. 181
Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 197
Index of Bible References	p. 213
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