| Resolution Number: | 2018-C049 |
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| Title: | Urge Episcopal Institutions to Source Food Locally |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Substituted |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church request the staff of faith communities, dioceses, camp and conference centers and other Episcopal institutions to consider allocating a defined percentage of their total annual food expenditure to food locally grown or freshly processed, using resources such as or similar to the Diocese of Delaware’s 2017 convention resolution, Support Producers of Locally Grown Food; and be it further
Resolved, That this 79th General Convention urge Episcopal Church institutions, schools and faith communities, as they provide, prepare and serve meals and distribute food at events and ministries, to make every effort to use locally grown and processed foods.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 686. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Province III |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation presented its Report #15 on Resolution C049 (Support Producers of Locally Grown Food) and moved adoption of a substitute.
Original Text of Resolution:
(C049)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That this 79th General Convention of the Episcopal Church urges the staff of the mission priority, Stewardship of Creation, to include programs and grants which will encourage Episcopal institutions and individual Episcopalians to serve and promote locally grown food.
Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church request the staff of faith communities, dioceses, camp and conference centers and other Episcopal institutions to consider allocating a defined percentage of their total annual food expenditure to food locally grown or freshly processed, using resources such as or similar to the Diocese of Delaware’s 2017 convention resolution, Support Producers of Locally Grown Food; and be it further
Resolved, That this 79th General Convention urge Episcopal Church institutions, schools and faith communities, as they provide, prepare and serve meals and distribute food at events and ministries, to make every effort to use locally grown and processed foods.
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #246)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation presented its Report #12 on HB Message #246 on Resolution C049 (Support Producers of Locally Grown Food) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #435)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 13.
| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention requests that Episcopal entities consider using a percentage of their food expenses to include locally grown or processed foods. |
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