gardening, food & faith
For those interested in food, faith, and gardening in the Twin Cities, visit the Facebook page created by the Faith-based Edible Gardening Collaborative.
resources-successful metro-area church gardens
- First Free Evangelical Church, Maplewood
- International Outreach Church, Burnsville
- Guardian Angels Catholic Church, Oakdale
- Crossroads Alliance Church, Brooklyn Park
- Karmel Covenant Church, Princeton
- Peace Lutheran Church, Lauderdale
resources-technical assistance and networking
- Gardening Matters
- University of Minnesota Extension Gardening
- Urban Farming (contact Cherry Flowers)
resources-websites
- Creating a faith-based community garden (Sustainable Traditions)
- Faith and Food: Biblical Perspectives (United Methodist Church)
- Food and Faith blog (Presbyterian Hunger program)
- Starting a faith-based community garden (Godspace blog)
resources-books
- Farming as a spiritual discipline
- The art of the commonplace: The agrarian essays of Wendell Berry
- Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening
- To garden with God
Amazon.com search: Food and faith – provides a list of additional titles
resources-gardening materials
Yards To Gardens lets you share or find all things gardening. Whether you have extra space in your yard, extra tools in the garage, extra seeds or seedings, or just looking for a space to garden, Y2G makes it easy to share what you’ve got or find what you’re looking for.


