Ferd Hoefner
Ferd Hoefner is policy director of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, an alliance of several organizations.
Ferd Hoefner is policy director of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, an alliance of several organizations.
Rob Hedberg is director of the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education program, which is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. It promotes farming systems that are “profitable, environmentally sound and good for communities through a nationwide research and education grants program.”
After Florida ruled its voucher program unconstitutional, families and students must find other schools or new funding while opponents of school vouchers celebrate their victory.
The Orthodox Church in America is based in Syosset, N.Y. The website provides summaries of the church and faith. “The Orthodox Faith” is one of the summaries.
The Orthodox Church in America is based in Syosset, N.Y. The website provides summaries of the church and faith. “About the OCA” is one of the summaries.
Florida lawmakers will decide whether or not to expand the state’s school voucher plan.
An article describing the Supreme Court of Florida’s decision that schools vouchers violated the state’s constitution because states have a duty to educate students in public schools.
Betty A. DeBerg is a religion professor and head of the department of philosophy and religion at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. She is a co-author of Religion on Campus (University of North Carolina Press, 2003) and is co-director of the National Campus Ministry Project.
Steve Hays is an associate professor in the department of classics and world religions at Ohio University in Athens. With funding from the Ford Foundation, he is helping to develop a Difficult Dialogues Concerning Race and Religion program.