Category: Food Systems & Food Justice

Passover (Pesach) celebrates the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. For 8 days starting on the 15th of Nissan, we celebrate our liberation from slavery and our journey to freedom….

yesThe Hazon Tu B’Shvat Haggadah offer thoughts and ideas to help you celebrate Tu B’Shvat in your home or community. The texts, questions, activities, and...

yesThe Hazon Shmita Sourcebook presents a guided exploration of the history, concepts, and practices of Shmita, from debt forgiveness to agricultural rest, economic adjustment to...

yesThrough the practice of a food waste ritual, we can find deep lessons in how we gather, cook, and scrap food. We visually express those...

yesHazon partnered with EarthX to produce episodes on Jewish environmentalism for the Faith is Green series on EarthxTV. This brand new original series details how we...

From the Jewish Climate Network: We are asking our community to place an ice block beside the Seder plate and open up a conversation about climate change this year (2022),…

yesAs you prepare for the Passover seder this year, consider using these four questions to help inform your own conscious food choices, and to enhance...

yesWhat can return to the earth quickly and what will stick around for hundreds of years? This game will challenge participants to think critically about...

yesMicrogreens are mini versions of regular vegetables. The shoots are harvested at a young age, before they grow into fully matured plants. They have a...

yesThere are many options to preserve each season’s harvest, including canning, vinegar pickling, drying, blanching and freezing. This particular activity teaches lacto-fermentation pickling – an...

yesThe Greening Chanukah Guide offers an overview of  Chanukah through the lens of sustainability. Find tips and tricks for greening your holiday and learn more...

yesThis source sheet is a dive into Jewish tradition’s commentary on prohibitions against wanton waste, environmental stewardship, responsibility for community members in need, and responses...

yesThe connection between industrial animal agriculture and climate change is significant. But why and how is that so? This two-page source sheet presents a string of...

yesAs you prepare for the Passover seder this year, consider using these four questions to help inform your own conscious food choices, and to enhance...

yesThere are anecdotal stories about food throughout the Torah. These food-cameos are, perhaps, even more instructive in the origins of Jewish food culture than the...

yesThree-fold workshop, which involves delving into the history of dairy on Hanukkah, making cheese and butter, and a discussion about the dairy industry and striving...