In the media Church and Agriculture issue of Tertio magazine
Church institutions possess an ancient patrimony of agricultural land. Church plants that sell land to meet urgent financial needs are thus giving up an instrument with which they could help achieve objectives in the agro-ecological field that are addressed in the encyclical Laudato Si'.
The agricultural lands of church plants are public lands. They are part of an ancient patrimony that is declining at a spectacular rate. Researcher Hans Vandermaelen notes that owners of public lands typically have little vision for their own patrimony. With major policy challenges ahead, such a vision is extremely urgent.Further in this issue:
- Expo on the history of farmland in Ghent
- Church factories manage farmland autonomously
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