Caring for God’s Good Creation
Lenten Resources: Focus on Food Loss and Waste
Your Bishop’s Challenge “Stewards of Creation” superhero team presents a Lenten series of resources you can use to learn about food waste. Each week, we will present a video with questions, practices to try, and a meditation. We will also highlight a plant-based soup and prayer for each week of Lent.
Lenten Resources: Focus on Food Loss and Waste
Please join this Lenten Journey as we reflect upon the impacts of Food Loss and Waste. According to the FDA and USDA food waste comprises 30-40 percent of the food supply in the United States! Reducing food waste is a commitment, which we as a faith-based community can all make.
Each week in Lent, starting February 25, take a moment to view the short educational videos produced by the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station to learn more about this issue. Please use the meditations provided as you consider what you can do about Food Loss and Waste in your daily life and in your community.
Meditation for Ash Wednesday: Desmond Buasu’s essay “Wasting What Feeds Us: A Franciscan Meditation on Food, Pride, and the Culture of Waste” (used with permission of the author)
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Ash Wednesday
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Week 1 - February 25
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Week 2 - March 4
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Week 3 - March 11
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Week 4 - March 18
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Week 5 - March 25
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Holy Week - April 1
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Week 7 - Alleluia!
For some fun inspiration, click here to watch the Bishop’s Challenge announcement and presentation given at the 2024 Synod Assembly.
For a full Lenten calendar of eco-conscious goals and activities, click here.