Advocates already pushing for a satisfactory farm bill in 2023
The current farm bill doesn’t expire until 2023, yet already advocates are lining up their arguments to assemble the kind of farm bill they want to see next year.
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by bcadmin | Oct 3, 2022 | Catholic Rural Life, Farm bill, James Ennis, News, Picks, U.S. & World News | 0 |
The current farm bill doesn’t expire until 2023, yet already advocates are lining up their arguments to assemble the kind of farm bill they want to see next year.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 30, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Catholic Rural Life, Church in the US, Farming, News | 0 |
The cost of food in the United States has been going up as of late, but that’s not the biggest problem as this year’s growing season begins.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 29, 2022 | Catholic Rural Life, Divine Mercy Sunday, Earth Day, Jim Ennis, News, Practicing Catholic | 0 |
Following Divine Mercy Sunday and Earth Day, “Practicing Catholic” radio show host Patrick Conley asked guest Jim Ennis, executive director of Catholic Rural Life, for his thoughts on caring for creation as an act of mercy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 5, 2022 | Agriculture, Bishop Brendan Cahill, Catholic News Service, Catholic Rural Life, Church in the US, Farming, News, Texas | 0 |
On a windy, cold January morning, Bishop Brendan J. Cahill of Victoria blessed samples of seed and soil for the rural Texas diocese.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | Catholic Rural Life, Farm, Jim Ennis, Local News, News, Rural, Rural Life Sunday, Tim Streiff | 0 |
Catholic Rural Life, with headquarters at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, works with more than 80 dioceses across the country to promote Catholic life in rural America. Ennis said the organization focuses on food and agriculture issues, and rural ministry and outreach.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 2, 2021 | Catholic Rural Life, Farm, Jim Ennis, Local News, News, Rural, Rural Life Sunday, Tim Streiff | 0 |
Catholic Rural Life, with headquarters at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, works with more than 80 dioceses across the country to promote Catholic life in rural America. Ennis said the organization focuses on food and agriculture issues, and rural ministry and outreach.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 14, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Rural Life, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
It is time to invest in ways that make food production and consumption more sustainable and resistant to future crises, Pope Francis said in a written message.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 28, 2020 | Archbishop Michael O. Jackels, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Associated Press, Bishop William Joensen. Diocese of Des Moines, Catholic Church, Catholic Rural Life, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, diocese of Davenport, Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, Lutheran, News | 0 |
When Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds last week announced new coronavirus restrictions for Iowans, including broad mask-wearing requirements and restrictions on the size of gatherings, she excluded religious activities.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 19, 2020 | Bishop Gerald Vincke, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Rural Life, Church in the US, Diocese of Salina, Heralds of the Gospel, Kansas, News | 0 |
While only a dozen people attended at the annual St. Isidore Day May 15 at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina, the audience — and hopefully awareness — of the event reached beyond those in attendance.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 11, 2020 | Agriculture, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Rural Life, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Farming, Minnesota, News, small farmers | 0 |
Thousands of farmers across Minnesota and the country have been hit by repercussions of the economic slowdown — and in several cases shutdown — of meatpacking plants because of outbreaks of COVID-19.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 6, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Rural Life, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Farm workers, News | 0 |
A rural life novena to St. Isidore, patron saint of farmers, begins May 7 and ends May 15, the saint’s feast day.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 4, 2020 | Catholic Rural Life, Coronavirus, Local News, News, novena for farmers | 0 |
Seeking God’s intervention in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Catholic Rural Life of St. Paul will hold a national, livestreamed novena beginning May 7 and ending May 15, the feast day of St. Isidore, patron saint of farmers and of the nonprofit outreach ministry.
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