Critical food scholars have argued that activists’ political ideologies and environmental values are important influences on their food justice projects. However, this body of work has given little attention to religion and spirituality even though religious studies scholars maintain that religious values affect environmental and social action. Bringing together these perspectives considers the way religious values and meaning making intersect with actions toward food justice outside of traditionally religious spaces. This paper draws on qualitative research, including a dozen interviews and 11 months of participant observation, at Franklinton Farms, a nonprofit urban farm in Columbus, Ohio. I demonstrate that Franklinton Farms team members reference diverse religious values and practices when explaining the meaning and significance of their farming. In addition, I argue that they renegotiate their religious values in light of the injustices they see in the food system. By examining religion and spirituality within a secular food space, this paper sheds light on an underexplored influence on whether and how alternative food spaces realize food justice.

食品评论家认为，维权人士的政治意识形态和环境价值观对他们的食品正义计划具有重要影响。但是，尽管宗教研究学者坚持认为宗教价值观会影响环境和社会行为，但这项工作很少关注宗教和灵性。将这些观点放在一起考虑了宗教价值观和意义的实现方式与传统宗教空间之外的实现食品正义的行动相交的方式。本文利用定性研究，包括在俄亥俄州哥伦布市的一家非营利性城市农场Franklinton Farms进行的十二次访谈和11个月的参与者观察。我证明了富兰克林顿农场的团队成员在解释其耕作的意义和意义时参考了多种宗教价值观和习俗。此外，我认为，鉴于他们在粮食系统中看到的不公正待遇，他们重新谈判了其宗教价值观。通过研究世俗食物空间中的宗教和灵性，本文揭示了对替代食物空间是否以及如何实现食物正义的探索不足。