Regenerative Farm Discipleship

On this episode of Regenerative Farm Discipleship, Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse interview Rev. Dr. Marcus McFaul, a Baptist minister of nearly 40 years and former senior minister of Binkley Baptist Church in North Carolina. Tune in for a conversation on the role of the church in creation justice and the importance of relationships between farms and churches.

This episode is a production of Sister Grove Farm with the support of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility at SMU (Southern Methodist University).

Music: “Come on Down to Sister Grove” by Ken Medema

Producer: Rodney Macias

Co-Hosts: Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse

On this episode of Regenerative Farm Discipleship, Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse interview Tucker Nickols, a regenerative farmer in North Texas. Tune in for a conversation on Tucker’s journey from the hospitality industry to farming and the importance of community in caring for the earth and one another.

This episode is a production of Sister Grove Farm with the support of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility at SMU (Southern Methodist University).

Music: “Come on Down to Sister Grove” by Ken Medema

Producer: Rodney Macias

Co-Hosts: Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse

On this episode of Regenerative Farm Discipleship, Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse interview Rev. Dr. Yvette Blair-Lavallais, a pastor, public theologian, and food justice scholar. Tune in to learn about the ways in which her scholarship has intersected with practical change in churches and communities.

This episode is a production of Sister Grove Farm with the support of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility at SMU (Southern Methodist University).

Music: “Come on Down to Sister Grove” by Ken Medema

Producer: Rodney Macias

Co-Hosts: Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse

On this episode of Regenerative Farm Discipleship, Sarah Macias and Brent Barry interview Julius Malin, a scholar and PhD student working in the fields of theology and environmental science. Join the conversation to learn about the way Julius’ research has grown his passion for Sustainable Christian Agricultural Initiatives (SCAIs).

This episode is a production of Sister Grove Farm with the support of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility at SMU (Southern Methodist University).

Music: “Come on Down to Sister Grove” by Ken Medema

Producer: Rodney Macias

Co-Hosts: Sarah Macias and Brent Barry

On the second episode of Regenerative Farm Discipleship, the re-brand of Farm Discipleship, Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse interview Brent Barry, regenerative farmer at Stout Creek Farm in Texas. Tune in to the conversation to learn about Brent’s journey to regenerative agriculture and to be inspired by the ways his farm is making an impact on the local community.

This episode is a production of Sister Grove Farm with the support of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility at SMU (Southern Methodist University).

Music: “Come on Down to Sister Grove” by Ken Medema

Producer: Rodney Macias

Co-Hosts: Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse

On the first episode of Regenerative Farm Discipleship, the re-brand of Farm Discipleship, Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse interview Avery Davis Lamb, executive director of Creation Justice Ministries. Tune in to the conversation to learn about how Avery’s ecological background informs his faith and how faith communities can actively work to care for creation.

This episode is a production of Sister Grove Farm with the support of the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility at SMU (Southern Methodist University).

Music: “Come on Down to Sister Grove” by Ken Medema

Producer: Rodney Macias

Co-Hosts: Sarah Macias and Maddie Wiltse

Rodney and Sarah visit with Chuck Trowbridge from Prairie Farmstead in Sherman, Texas. Chuck and his wife Molly strive to produce the cleanest meats and eggs on pasture while healing the land they steward - and raising their three children. Check 'em out at https://www.facebook.com/Prairie-Farmstead-776651465877544/

Have a listen and consider subscribing if you are interested in hearing from farmers, ministers, and theologians on how faith, food, and farming intersect. Thanks for joining us on the farm.

This week we are glad to share with you a great conversation we had with Neddy Astudillo.

Neddy Astudillo is a pastor, farmer, and scholar who we often invoke on Sister Grove Farm. Born in Venezuela and now a Presbyterian Pastor in Florida, her wisdom as a theologian and organizer has impacted people around the world. We were grateful to talk with her a couple of weeks ago. She and her husband Tom co-founded the Angelic Organics Learning Center in northern IL, and she continues her work to connect people of faith to the earth through her work as an organizer and teacher through GreenFaith, an international and interfaith religious environmental organization.

Have a listen. Thanks for coming to the farm.

This week we are glad to share with you our interview with our friends from N&P Dairy.

Every week or so we send a message to our friends, Steve and Lynn Horton, and order a couple of gallons from their home at N&P Farm and Dairy in Farmersville, Texas. Yes, that is actually the name of the town, and it's where we get our milk.

Have a listen. Thanks for coming to the farm.

Located along the east prong of Sister Grove Creek in the Lavon Watershed of the Trinity River Basin is a place called Sister Grove Farm. As we get to know, learn from, and fall in love with this patch of Blackland Prairie we invite you to join us. Farmers Sarah and Rodney speak with academics, farmers, and pastors/theologians on how faith and farming intersect.

This week we are glad to share with you a great conversation we had with Theodore Hiebert. Ted is Professor of Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament) at McCormick Theological Seminary. A leading biblical scholar among theological educators, he has done groundbreaking work in the study of Genesis. He is the author of The Yahwist’s Landscape: Nature and Religion in Early Israel and numerous articles on why it is important for people of faith to care for the earth.

Have a listen. Thanks for coming to the farm.

Located along the east prong of Sister Grove Creek in the Lavon Watershed of the Trinity River Basin is a place called Sister Grove Farm. As we get to know, learn from, and fall in love with this patch of Blackland Prairie we invite you to join us. Farmers Sarah and Rodney speak with academics, farmers, and pastors/theologians on how faith and farming intersect.