Alliance for Faithful Food and Farming A network of faith groups and faith-based organisations Engaged in faith-based sustainable agriculture and sustainable land management Based on their own beliefs, teachings and practices To increase food security, reduce poverty, build resilience to climate change and protect the environment

Aims & activities of the proposed Alliance To inspire the faiths to take action on sustainable agriculture as a religious responsibility Help people to grow more food more sustainably, to end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment and tackle climate change Share best practice & experiences Advocacy (local-national-international levels) Build partnerships and coalitions

What do we mean by faith-based agriculture? Rooted in the faith conviction that we have a religious responsibility to: – Care for God’s creation – Feed the poor and lift people out of poverty Focused on poor & vulnerable communities and smallholder farmers Working through faith communities Faith groups leading by example (eg, managing faith land sustainably)