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Joi Orr

Rev. Joi Orr, Ph.D., serves as the Christian Scholar at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies (ICJS) in Baltimore. Joi’s scholarship focuses on the ethical dimensions of American food systems, land justice for African Americans, environmental justice, and the theological and moral questions raised by climate change. Her teaching and public scholarship invite religious communities to consider how faith can inform responses to ecological crisis, food sovereignty, land stewardship, and sustainability.

Essays

Food Sovereignty

Food sovereignty represents a refusal of a globally commodified food system in favor of systems and institutions that support self-sufficient communities.