Stephen Gray

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

"We're taking food crops and looking at them as cash crops." -Gary on how human service aspect of crops has been de-emphasized. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

Our free-market economic system has created a society where profit is increasingly taking priority over other values. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

To Gary, the purpose of food is feeding the hungry and providing nourishment for lifeforms in need, not profit. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

Gary talks about how food is often viewed as a business or commodity rather than an essential substance that is necessary for life. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

Gary Teske, the senior pastor at the Trinity Lutheran Church, is up now to discuss the issues around the competition for food.. #kufood

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"Big government isn't necessarily the antidote to big business, it can be this sort of handmaiden." Hall on big business agriculture #kufood

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Margit talks about how we are tied to the land and each other in order to bring forth the crops that sustain us. #kufood

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Margit Hall sees her role as a farmer as living out God's call to preserve the earth and care for the land. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

Bart and Margit Hall, farmers at Prairie Star Farm, have begun their presentation on farming as ministry at Sowing & Reaping. #kufood

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If we move toward envisioning a world in which we want to live, Bryan believes we will find there's a lot of commonality in that. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

"We haven’t done a good job getting people to accept the idea that we can create the world we want to live in." #kufood

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Bryan explains that after a long period of human consumption, we are now realizing that what we do has a real impact on the world. #kufood

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We are living in the definitive turning point in human history." -Bryan on the importance of recognizing our environmental impact. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

There’s only one species that can grapple with its own impact on the environment: humans. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

Bryan Welch, the author of Beautiful and Abundant, is up next to talk about how we grapple with environmental challenges. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

Simran notes the possible health issues involved with GMO foods, talking about digestive tract problems in studies done on animals. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

"The current GMO crops have increased yields over the short term, but over the long term, they have not done that." #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

Through the use of patents, the corporation Monsanto controls most of the world's seed market (70%). #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

Simran questions the idea that GMOs are the best solution to the world hunger issue. #kufood

[Stephen Gray @StephenGrayKU]

"The way we distribute food is not according to need but according to the market." #kufood