You’re Invited to the National FaithLands Gathering!

August 25th-27th in San Rafael & Berkeley, California

Spend a few days with leaders committed to helping farmers access land owned by faith-based institutions to grow food. The National FaithLands Gathering is scheduled in conjunction with a larger ½-day Food, Faith and Farms conference August 25th addressing broader topics around food, faith, farming, including food justice and sustainable agriculture. Your registration includes both events.


Who should attend? This gathering is for people from around the U.S. actively developing models for food production on land owned by faith-based organizations and institutions, or who are decision-makers within a religious group that could make land available. This is for farmers, land managers, farmer advocates, and others committed to increase the number of acres available to beginning farmers by leasing, or even purchasing, lands owned by faith-based institutions.

What can you expect for the program?

The Food, Faith and Farms conference will include two workshops of special interest to FaithLands participants:

  • FaithLands: Successful Gardens & Farms on Land Owned by Religious Groups
  • Negotiating Leases or Purchases to Support Beginning and Immigrant Farmers

National FaithLands Gathering discussion topics will include: 

  • FaithLands Toolkit released in Spring 2021 by Agrarian Trust
  • Inventorying FaithLands, Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative
  • What to do when a diocese/regional convention calls on a senior member of clergy to figure out what to do with some land owned by the Church

Two tours of faith based farms and gardens on faith community land. 

 
 
 

Full National FaithLands Gathering Registration Includes:

  • Food, Faith & Farms Conference on August 25th
  • National FaithLands Gathering full day program August 26th
  • Two Farm and Garden Tours: August 25th and August 27th
  • 5 delicious meals 
  • Transportation for tours

Early Bird Registration with a discount is available now till July 20th!

Registration Options

  • Full National FaithLands Gathering and 3 nights lodging at Urban Adamah multi-occupancy.* (early bird price $394)
  • Full National FaithLands Gathering and 3 nights lodging at Urban Adamah single-occupancy.(early bird price $469)
  • Full National FaithLands Gathering, NO LODGING (early bird price $130)


Optional Lodging at Urban Adamah, a la carte for multi-occupancy rooms at $88 per night.

*Note while some rooms are designed with 3-8 beds, we plan to limit these to 2 or 3 people in a room. Please let us know if you are comfortable sharing a room with other FaithLands participants. We will try to accommodate as many people as possible while avoiding surprises and respecting individual preferences.

Lodging at Urban Adamah 

Enjoy additional opportunities to network with fellow FaithLands participants by staying at this communal style lodging conveniently located at Urban Adamah, an urban farm in Berkeley, which is the check-in and departure location for the Garden and Farm tours 8/25 and 8/27. 

Travel and Registration Financial Assistance/”Scholarships”: We recognize that many of the people who could contribute to the gathering will not have the means to travel to California. The USDA has generously provided grant funding for approximately 16 people to travel to the gathering. If you would like a full or partial scholarship please fill out this simple questionnaire as soon as possible - we will begin reviewing scholarship requests by 7/20. If applying for a scholarship please wait to register until you receive a scholarship confirmation message.

The National FaithLands Gathering is being hosted by

 

in collaboration with: 

           

with support from:

 

Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative
101 Morris St. Suite 212  | Sebastopol, California 95472
707-634-4672 | info@interfaithfood.org

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