Religion and the Anthropocene

  For the last blogpost, I would like to expand more on “Annadana: The Gift of Food” by Vandana Shiva, included in the anthology Spiritual Ecology . I will also be drawing from my own experience, working on a regenerative farm, and how my experience upholds what Vandana Shiva speaks on.  In her talk titled “ Ecofeminism and the Decolonization of Women, Nature and the Future ,” Shiva gave a different definition to the term “agriculture” than the one most people think of when hearing the term. Shiva referred to agriculture as “The culture of care.” She went on to say that agriculture is “the culture of love. Good agriculture cares for the land. Chemical agriculture is a war against the land. And we are connected to the Earth and to other species through the circulation of nutrition and food.” I will use this quote as a preface for this blogpost.  Most people, especially in the United States, do not view agriculture as a caring practice because it is being done wrong. Land used for conve