Food Archives

Arizona third-grader holds food drives to help in pandemic

Apr 21, 2021

Dylan Pfeifer has been staging food drives from his home in metro Phoenix in response to the pandemic.

Church in Trinidad advocates planting crops to boost food security

Nov 15, 2020

Archbishop Jason Gordon of Port of Spain has been calling on people to grow more food in recent months. His encouragement has been particularly urgent following widespread job losses in Trinidad beginning with a state-ordered lockdown in March in response to rising numbers of COVID-19 cases.

By Laura Ann Phillips

Life academy promotes ethical ways AI can with help food security

Sep 16, 2020

As part of its ongoing collaboration with two of the world’s leading developers of AI software, the Pontifical Academy for Life will launch a new joint project looking at ethical ways artificial intelligence can be used to guarantee food security.

By Carol Glatz

Pope teams up with Slow Food founder for environment appeal

Sep 12, 2020

Pope Francis has formed an unusual partnership with the agnostic Italian founder of the Slow Food movement while doubling down on calls to protect the environment from profit-driven development that he says harms the world’s poorest the most.

By Nicole Winfield

The Pope on sex and food, a cardinal’s legacy, and mattresses in church

Sep 11, 2020

Written by an Italian journalist and food critic named Carlo Petrini, the new interview book with the pope is called Terrafutura, or “Future Earth,” with the subtitle, “Dialogues with Pope Francis on Integral Ecology.”

By John L. Allen Jr.

Catholic baker’s sweet treats make occasions ‘a little more meaningful’

Aug 15, 2020

Genevie Alejandro never expected her future in the baking entrepreneurial world to begin with a bishop.

By Melissa Enaje

Colombian siblings launch market for Amazon farmers in need

Jul 10, 2020

Two siblings in Colombia launched The Harvest: Amazonian Barter. Now dozens of people line up every Friday in front of a truck packed with soap, rice, oil and other products that they exchange for fruits that would otherwise go to waste because of the virus.

By Luis Andres Henao

Chicago Catholics tend parish gardens, supply pantries during pandemic

Jun 17, 2020

For years, some parishes in the Chicago Archdiocese have maintained gardens whose produce was donated to local food pantries. With the rise in food insecurity during COVID-19 sending more people to food pantries than before, those ministries have taken on a new importance.

By Joyce Duriga