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Fact Sheet

How Faith Communities Can Get Involved in Closing the Healthcare Coverage Gap

August 15, 2019 By Lindsay Barth, Event Coordinator & PHW Communications Associate

Are you part of a faith community who wants to get more involved in advocating for proper healthcare but don’t know where to start? This guide provides facts, scripture, talking […]

How Faith Communities Can Get Involved in Closing the Healthcare Coverage Gap

August 15, 2019 by Lindsay Barth, Event Coordinator & PHW Communications Associate

Are you part of a faith community who wants to get more involved in advocating for proper healthcare but don’t know where to start? This guide provides facts, scripture, talking […]

Tagged With: Healthcare Reform

Greenhouse Gases: Things You Should Know

May 30, 2014 By Susannah Tuttle, NCIPL Director

Did you know… On average, each calorie of food on your plate requires 7-10 calories of energy from fossil fuel to get there Until 1840, US food production depended almost […]

Greenhouse Gases: Things You Should Know

May 30, 2014 by Susannah Tuttle, NCIPL Director

Did you know… On average, each calorie of food on your plate requires 7-10 calories of energy from fossil fuel to get there Until 1840, US food production depended almost […]

Tagged With: Environment, Food

10 Principles of Earth-Friendly, Healthy Eating

May 30, 2014 By Susannah Tuttle, NCIPL Director

Eat everything you buy: 25% (some say as much as 40%) of food purchased in the USA goes to waste. Buying and cooking only what you need, avoiding waste and spoilage […]

10 Principles of Earth-Friendly, Healthy Eating

May 30, 2014 by Susannah Tuttle, NCIPL Director

Eat everything you buy: 25% (some say as much as 40%) of food purchased in the USA goes to waste. Buying and cooking only what you need, avoiding waste and spoilage […]

Tagged With: Environment, Food

Farmworkers’ Vital Contribution to North Carolina’s Economy

February 25, 2013 By chris

Agriculture serves as the economic backbone for North Carolina, and farmworkers’ hand labor is needed to produce crops that bring in billions of dollars to the state’s economy each year. Despite this fact, […]

Farmworkers’ Vital Contribution to North Carolina’s Economy

February 25, 2013 by chris

Agriculture serves as the economic backbone for North Carolina, and farmworkers’ hand labor is needed to produce crops that bring in billions of dollars to the state’s economy each year. Despite this fact, […]

Tagged With: Farmworkers

Immigration Fact Sheets

May 24, 2012 By Rachel Baker, Communications Director

These fact sheets will help inform and guide your congregation’s conversations about immigration. Includes two fact sheets, one entitled “Society & Immigration: The Truth Behind the Immigration Debate in North […]

Immigration Fact Sheets

May 24, 2012 by Rachel Baker, Communications Director

These fact sheets will help inform and guide your congregation’s conversations about immigration. Includes two fact sheets, one entitled “Society & Immigration: The Truth Behind the Immigration Debate in North […]

Tagged With: Immigration

Farmworker Health

January 17, 2012 By North Carolina Council of Churches

Farm labor ranks as one of the top three most dangerous occupations in the United States. In addition to hazards in the fields, farmworkers and their families face unique burdens […]

Farmworker Health

January 17, 2012 by North Carolina Council of Churches

Farm labor ranks as one of the top three most dangerous occupations in the United States. In addition to hazards in the fields, farmworkers and their families face unique burdens […]

Tagged With: Farmworkers

North Carolina Farmworkers

January 17, 2012 By North Carolina Council of Churches

Farmworkers play a vital role in cultivating the food we eat every day, and North Carolina has one of the largest farmworker populations in the nation. Even though 85% of […]

North Carolina Farmworkers

January 17, 2012 by North Carolina Council of Churches

Farmworkers play a vital role in cultivating the food we eat every day, and North Carolina has one of the largest farmworker populations in the nation. Even though 85% of […]

Tagged With: Farmworkers

Farmworkers’ Vital Contribution to North Carolina’s Economy

January 17, 2012 By North Carolina Council of Churches

Agriculture serves as the economic backbone for North Carolina, and farmworkers’ hand labor is needed to produce crops that bring in billions of dollars to the state’s economy each year. […]

Farmworkers’ Vital Contribution to North Carolina’s Economy

January 17, 2012 by North Carolina Council of Churches

Agriculture serves as the economic backbone for North Carolina, and farmworkers’ hand labor is needed to produce crops that bring in billions of dollars to the state’s economy each year. […]

Tagged With: Farmworkers

U.S. Farmworkers

January 17, 2012 By North Carolina Council of Churches

Farmworkers are some of our nation’s most vital workers, as their labor enables us to enjoy high-quality, low-cost, fresh fruits and vegetables all year round. Despite farmworkers’ economic and cultural […]

U.S. Farmworkers

January 17, 2012 by North Carolina Council of Churches

Farmworkers are some of our nation’s most vital workers, as their labor enables us to enjoy high-quality, low-cost, fresh fruits and vegetables all year round. Despite farmworkers’ economic and cultural […]

Tagged With: Farmworkers

Farmworkers and Immigration

January 17, 2012 By North Carolina Council of Churches

Not all immigrants are farmworkers, and not all farmworkers are immigrants. Yet as the following facts show, our agricultural system has always relied on the labor of displaced people that […]

Farmworkers and Immigration

January 17, 2012 by North Carolina Council of Churches

Not all immigrants are farmworkers, and not all farmworkers are immigrants. Yet as the following facts show, our agricultural system has always relied on the labor of displaced people that […]

Tagged With: Farmworkers

Farmworker Scriptures

January 17, 2012 By North Carolina Council of Churches

From the laws and histories of ancient Israel to the life of Jesus and the letters of Paul, themes related to the treatment of farmworkers emerge consistently throughout the Judeo-Christian […]

Farmworker Scriptures

January 17, 2012 by North Carolina Council of Churches

From the laws and histories of ancient Israel to the life of Jesus and the letters of Paul, themes related to the treatment of farmworkers emerge consistently throughout the Judeo-Christian […]

Tagged With: Farmworkers

Resources on Faith and Farmworkers

January 17, 2012 By Rachel Baker, Communications Director

There is a wide variety of resources available to aid you and your congregation in exploring how your faith relates to your relationship with farmworkers.

Resources on Faith and Farmworkers

January 17, 2012 by Rachel Baker, Communications Director

There is a wide variety of resources available to aid you and your congregation in exploring how your faith relates to your relationship with farmworkers.

Tagged With: Farmworkers

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