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Heartland Farms near Great Bend, Kansas is operated by the Dominican Sisters of Peace.
The sisters at Heartland Farms mark just one of several religious communities in Kansas turning their attention to a modern crisis climate change. Motivated by their religious beliefs, they make a faith-based case for environmentalism.
GREAT BEND, Kansas The Dominican Sisters of Peace have been farming with their faith in mind for more than three decades.
In the middle of a state where large-scale commodity and livestock farming has transformed the landscape, the order of nuns aim for a lighter touch on the land.
“If you don’t have a life-sustaining planet, you don’t have life,” said Sister Jane Belanger, who’s lived on the farm for about 13 years. “And if I could quote scripture, ‘I came to bring life and bring it more abundantly.’”
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