Join Rev. Emily E. Ewing (they) and Rev. Kay Rohloff (she) to explore new and nerdy connections to the scripture for the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, also known as Lectionary 16 or Proper 11, which falls on July 23rd this year, including our deep dive into agriculture!
The scripture we refer to for this episode can be found here. For more on the history of agriculture as it connects to colonization, check out this article. For more general information on agriculture in the United States, check out this article on crops and this article on soybeans. Check out this tumblr thread Kay mentioned about Squish! Learn more about the Department of Agriculture here and find out who gets how much in farm subsidies here. Check out more about the risks of monoculture farming here.
For more on the impact of family v. corporate farms, check out this article from 2019 or this fact checking article. For more insights and perspectives on the right to repair lawsuit that farmers won, check out this BBC article and this NPR article. For more on the Brazilian lawsuit against Monsanto, check out this article. For more about Monsanto (to be read carefully, as the devil’s in the details), check out this company scorecard description. Learn more about the harm that Dr. Sarah Taber, who Kay mentioned, did on twitter in this thread.
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