Join Black Abundance Circle! Advocate for Black food sovereignty by supporting Black farmers!

Learn more on the info session replay here: youtube.com/watch?v=MDJwUE…

Sign up to become a member here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

#BlackFoodJustice #BFF

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'Around 2013, 2014, I met a Black farmer in Ithaca, New York. He was the only Black farmer there at the time, and he told me about this idea of food justice.

For me, learning about food justice made me rethink the research I was already doing.'

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Forces of the People's Network for Land and Liberation. #BuildAndFight #LandAndLiberation

Facing an emergency? Apply for the BFF Rapid Response Fund! Our community-powered fund provides direct financial support to Black farmers & food businesses in the Northeast.

Apply by April 30: blackfarmerfund.org/rapid-response…

#RapidResponseFund #DisasterRelief #BlackFarmers

'An understanding of the cultural dimensions of food-related crises is increasingly acknowledged as a vital step towards fostering inclusive, sustainable, and healthier diets.'

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'Tambra Raye Stevenson, a determined mother in Washington, DC, has emerged as a champion for fighting for healthier communities with the Food Bill of Rights.' 🙌🏾

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'We know there is unprecedented interest of beginning farmers getting involved in agriculture. Many of those beginning farmers are people who don't fit the white male stereotype.'

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'More than a dozen Black farmers with limited resources came together to form the Gullah Farmers Cooperative Association in 2010 to secure markets for their products and to get paid fair prices.'

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Latest Dept. of Agriculture ag census shows not much has changed for producers of color — who still face an overwhelmingly white farm system that is increasingly dominated by larger, fewer, and more industrialized farms

Our 3 key takeaways from the 2022 Ag census >>>

To conclude #WomensHistoryMonth , We celebrate folk healer, Emma Dupree. From NC woods to 'garden-grown pharmacy,' Dupree's herbal wisdom healed her community for generations. #Herbalism #WHM #FolkMedicine #BFF

Saturday, March 23rd was a good day for Cooperation Jackson and Jackson overall. The Really, Really Free Market was a critical success and the start of a new process of #MutualAid and #MutualExchange . So, be on the lookout for more soon! #BuildAndFight #JacksonRising

We are in search of an editor for a forthcoming peer-reviewed journal centering Black food sovereignty, land, and liberation (contract role). blackfoodjustice.org/jobs/blackadem…

In the farmer’s hands lies the power to nurture life and feed the world

#NationalAgDay #AgDay24 #Black #blackfarmers #fsclaf #growsomething #growsomething green

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It's #NationalAgDay and we're sending out love to our farm team! Fort Stanton was a project in Ward 8 that we jumped on board with and it has been so rewarding. We've been able to get it operational, and we are so excited to feed you all with the next harvest!

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“'What the Justice for Black Farmers Act does is help Black farmers,' Medley said. 'It’s to help Black farmers deal with issues like discrimination with the USDA, which they have a history of doing.''

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🧵Thread of free PDFs 📚:

🔥 Uprisings/Global movements
🗣Voices of Liberation/Activism
🪖 Armed Self-Defense

1. A Voice That Could Stir An Army ~Fannie Lou Hamer & the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement
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'Iriel Edwards, a first-generation farmer from Louisiana, along with thousands of other growers, faces a conundrum nearly every growing season: how to stay afloat when shifting weather patterns caused by climate change keep wrecking their crops?'

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'Rev. Dr. Heber Brown of Baltimore is sowing the seeds of change in Black and marginalized communities, emphasizing self-sufficiency through BlackChurchFSN, or BCFSN.' 🙌🏾

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