Religion and sustainable agriculture world spiritual traditions and food ethics / edited by Todd LeVasseur, Pramod Parajuli, and Norman Wirzba ; foreword by Vandana Shiva.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Our Flesh Was Made from Corn / Cristobal Cojti Garcia -- Soils, Spirits, and the Cosmocentric Economy: Re-creating Amazonian Dark Earth in Peru / Frederique Apffel-Marglin -- Renewal of Non-Western Methods for Sustainable Living / Eston Dickson Pembamoyo -- Nature Spirituality, Sustainable Agriculture, and the Nature/Culture Paradox: The Permaculture Scene in Lower Puna, Big Island of Hawaii / Michael Lemons -- Hindu Traditions and Peasant Farming in the Himalayan Foothills of Nepal / Jagannath Adhikari -- Dharma for the Earth, Water, and Agriculture: Perspectives from the Swadhyaya / Pankaj Jain -- Gandhi's Agrarian Legacy: Practicing Food, Justice, and Sustainability in India / A. Whitney Sanford -- Thailand's Moral Rice Revolution: Cultivating a Collective Ecological Consciousness / Alexander Harrow Kaufman -- Seven Species and Their Relevance to Sustainable Agriculture in Israel Today / Elaine Solowey -- Tending the Garden of Eden: Sacred Jewish Agricultural Traditions / Yigal Deutscher -- Religion, Local Community, and Sustainable Agriculture / Anna Peterson -- Heideggerian Reflections on Three Mennonite Cookbooks and a Mennonite Farm in Northwest Ohio / Mark H. Dixon -- Steward or Priest? The Possibilities of a Christian Chicken Farmer / Pagan Sutterfield -- Religion and Agriculture: How Islam Forms the Moral Core of SEKEM's Holistic Development Approach in Egypt / Maximilian Abouleish-Boes -- Tohono Odham Himdag and Agri/Culture / Terrol Dew Johnson.

Distinct practices of eating are at the heart of many of the world's faith traditions -- from the Christian Eucharist to Muslim customs of fasting during Ramadan to the vegetarianism and asceticism practiced by some followers of Hinduism and Buddhism. What we eat, how we eat, and whom we eat with can express our core values and religious devotion more clearly than verbal piety. In this wide-ranging collection, eminent scholars, theologians, activists, and lay farmers illuminate how religious beliefs influence and are influenced by the values and practices of sustainable agriculture. Together, they analyze a multitude of agricultural practices for their contributions to healthy, ethical living and environmental justice. Throughout, the contributors address current critical issues, including global trade agreements, indigenous rights to land and seed, and the effects of postcolonialism on farming and industry. Covering indigenous, Buddhist, Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Jewish perspectives, this groundbreaking volume makes a significant contribution to the study of ethics and agriculture.

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