Keeping the Faith in Rural America:
A local and national conversation

SOME ISSUES TO CONSIDER AND INFORMATION SOURCES

HUMAN HEALTH

		Rural health concerns (depression, pesticide exposure, accessibility)
		www.ncrlc.com/CatholicCoalition4Children.html
		www.who.int/ipcs/en/
		www.ncrlc.com/passages-webpages/helpful-info4-RP03.html
		Impacts of confined animal feeding operations (air quality, antibiotic resistance)
		www.ncrlc.com/conc-anim-feed-oper.html
		www.ncrlc.com/antibiotics-agriculture.html

SUSTAINABILITY

		Water distribution and use (irrigation, drinking water, mining, bottled water)
		www.ncrlc.com/water_commons.html
		www.foodandwaterwatch.org
		Agriculture (local foods, bio-energy, organic foods, GMOs, lack of processing facilities)
		www.ncrlc.com/Agric-and-Food-Issues.html
		www.msawg.org

GLOBALIZATION

		Global food system (hunger, trade, food aid, food security, corporate control)
		www.ncrlc.com/Rural-Life-Globalization.html
		www.agribusinessaccountability.org

SOCIAL JUSTICE

		Agricultural workers (safety, wages, health, immigration, documentation)
		www.cmfn.org
		www.ciw-online.org

ENVIRONMENT

		Global warming (energy sources, lifestyle, solidarity, adaptation, mitigation)
		www.ncrlc.com/global_climate_change.html
		www.catholicsandclimatechange.org
		Increasing water pollution (agriculture, commercial, municipal)
		www.ncrlc.com/conc-anim-feed-oper.html
		www.nrdc.org/water/default.asp

COMMUNITY

		Rural community development (capital, assets, leadership, participation)
		www.ncrlc.com/directions.html
		Economic and sociological impacts of confined animal feeding operations
		www.ncrlc.com/conc-anim-feed-oper.html

Most of these issues are discussed in the reflection by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops For I was Hungry & You Gave Me Food www.ncrlc.com/Catholic-Reflections-Food.html