I blog about health and faith because I believe in both. I believe that a well-lived life is about actions and words, body and mind.-Maiju
Category Archives: Food
Green Means Move: The Next Step for Urban Environmentalism.
Urban environmentalism, city gardening, and initiatives promoting awareness of healthy, fresh food have a strong foothold in Baltimore. Faith communities are involved in the budding awareness and advocacy of the many ways individuals and groups can be more conscious of the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Exercise, Food, Uncategorized
Tagged Baltimore City Food Desert Map, Baltimore Food and Faith, Center for a Livable Future, GreenFaith, The Good Food Toolkit, urban farming, urban gardens
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Graceful Living in East Baltimore
Some urban churches are virtual community service centers. In these churches civic advocacy, promotion of education and health, and neighborhood partnerships couple with spiritual services and worship. Amazing Grace Lutheran Church on McElderry Street is one of these power houses. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Baltimore, Christianity, Environment, Food, Uncategorized
Tagged Amazing Grace Lutheran Church, Baltimore United Viewfinders, East Baltimore, Gary Dittman, Health and Faith in Baltimore, Maiju Lehmijoki-Gardner, Maryland Food Bank, Morgan Blizzard, Safe Streets, Trees for Public Health
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Work that Feeds Others but Leaves the Worker Hungry
The 1990s heralded a sort of mainstream concern with fair food production and trade conditions, especially with the lot of migrant farmworkers. That attentiveness seems to have fallen to the margins of public discussion lately— although, not so with Baltimore … Continue reading
Kosher and Well Beyond
Diversity is not necessarily the first thing that comes to mind when one considers the food customs of Jews. Maybe the images of the golden standards of Kosher or kashrut freeze our imaginations concerning the realities of the Jewish diet? … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Environment, Food, Judaism, Uncategorized
Tagged American Jews, Attman's Deli, Baltimore, Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network, Chosen Food, Health and Faith in Baltimore, kashrut, Kayam Farm, kosher, Mark Menjivar, Matzah Ball Soup, The Jew and the Carrot, The Jewish Museum in Maryland, The New Jewish Food Movement
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Giving Stomach Its Fill Is Not Enough
Here one may forget the concept “soup kitchen.” Yes, The Franciscan Center offers hot meals for the disenfranchised, nearly 500 of them a day, in fact. Yes, this Lower Charles Village center is in the corner of the town where … Continue reading
Posted in Baltimore, Christianity, Food, Uncategorized
Tagged Baltimore, Community Supported Agriculture, Faith, Food Justic, Health, Healthy Food, Heather Newman, the Franciscan Center
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