Pope highlights importance of family farms in World Food Day message
October 17, 2014
In his message for World Food Day, Pope Francis deplored food waste and highlighted the importance of family farms, which he said can address food needs “without destroying the resources of creation.”
Calling the farming family “a model for social life, the Pope wrote that “we must learn from their experience, their capacity to work and, above all, that bond of love, solidarity, and generosity.” Farming families, he added, have an interest in preserving nature for future generations.
The Pope called for a greater political commitment to protect agriculture from natural disaster and war. He also criticized “systems of production and consumption that exclude most of the world's population” and called for a new paradigm of development that goes beyond providing relief and instead supports agriculture-based economies.
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