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