and the spirit of the farmer to address the food crisis. Spiritual alterations in agriculture allow for a harmonious relationship with the earth. The benefits of practicing agricultural spiritualism include seeking harmony in the way people live. By reconnecting with the land, people understand its value. It forms a harmonious relationship between people and the land to be able to create a space for sustainable living. Ickerd mentions, "To farm and live sustainably, we must be willing to openly proclaim the spirituality of sustainability. We must reclaim the sacred in food and farming." Implementation Practices related to agricultural spiritualism are being implemented in countries like Thailand and India. In India, agricultural spiritualism is rooted in ideas based on Mahatma Gandhi's agrarian legacy. It is practiced in this manner to reflect a nonviolent agricultural culture along with good food that is not reflected in industrial agricultural practices. Gandhi's Agrarian Legacy focuses on the social needs of village India. For example, Mahatma Gandhi's successors are implementing these practices through farm-ashrams. Ashrams are spiritual centers and communities. In these farm-ashrams, which "emphasize the dignity of human labor and promote 'bread-labor, people are encouraged to actively contribute to the food making processes to be able to consume that food. A program in Thailand, Moral Rice, connects farmers with spirituality through Buddhism while practicing organic farming. The purpose of this method is to cleanse the farmers' spirit so the rice is purified and the consumers are consuming both spiritually and agriculturally purified rice. The practice of Buddhadasa is working to re-dignify the profession of farming. In Religion and Sustainable Agriculture: World Spiritual Traditions and Food Ethics'' by Alexander Kaufman said that, "In the last few decades, the concept of 'Buddhist agriculture' has been advanced by Thai environmental activists, farmer leaders, and socially engaged Buddhist monks." Presence within religions One area in which the relationship between religion and agriculture is visible and encouraged is within the ethnic communities of The Tikar, Aghem, Chamba and Ngemba located in The Bamenda Grassfields of Cameroon in Africa. It is common throughout this region to observe and recognize how their religious interpretations of their surroundings have encouraged the development and emphasis on agriculture as a community. Christian European missionaries would come to Africa in order to spread religion, but ended up spreading the teachings of agriculture and its impacts on society. The people of the Bamenda Grassfields, because of their