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February 13, 2012

Locally Grown: "Called to Your Neighborhood"

By Joe Showalter, RMM president

Something just seems more wholesome about foods that are locally grown. Wikipedia describes the local food movement as a "collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies—one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution, and consumption is integrated to enhance the economic, environmental and social health of a particular place."

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January 19, 2012

Locally Grown: Spotlight on Community Outreach

“Locally Grown” is a new column in the Mosaic. Each month, we hope to feature stories about what local churches are doing to reach out to their communities, as well as ideas and advice from RMM personnel and others. If you are aware of a local church with a creative and effective ministry, let us know! Just e-mail mosaic@rmmoffice.org.

Nathan Olmstead is one of RMM’s board members. He and his wife Denise and their five children live in Croghan, New York, where Nathan is pastor of Iglesia Hispana Luz Y Vida (Light and Life Hispanic Church), a church plant of Naumburg Mennonite Church. We interviewed Nathan about his work with the Spanish-speaking community in New York.

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