Text Box: Christ the Sower Abbey 397 Clements Avenue Luverne, AL, 36049 Text Box: surrounding pesticides was the possibility of acute poisoning and the long-term potential for cancer, today's risk managers recognize that pesticides can also affect the nervous, endocrine, immune and reproductive systems, and that they pose heightened threats to infants, young children, the unborn, and other subpopulations that are especially susceptible to toxic pollutants. Commitment:Immediate- Text Box: Then the Lord God formed the human from the soil of the ground and breathed breath into its nostrils the breath of life and the human became a living being. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east and there God put the human whom God had formed. [Genesis 2:7-8] Humanity is intimately related to the rest of creation. We, like other creatures, are formed from the earth. Where once the primary public-health concern Text Box: Buy and eat organic foods, particularly fruits and vegetables. It tastes better, is great for your own body, and is good not only for the soil, but rural communities and for biodiversity. Long term- Work to end pesticide use in your home, yard, neighborhood and congregation. Ask your local grocer to stock more organic products. Learn more at: www.beyondpesticides.org Text Box: Hallowed Ground Text Box: Info@ChristTheSower.org Text Box: Know Christ and make him known! Text Box: + O God our heavenly Father, you created us out of the dust of the ground, help us to be advocates for that same ground, that we honor and care both for it and for all that it yields; in your own holy name we pray. Amen. Text Box: Address box for print distribution -Article Below-