Posts tagged black food justice
NBFJA Awards over $450,000* to Black Farms and Land Collectives Through its Resource Commons Initiative
NBFJA Awards over $450,000* to Black Farms and Land Collectives Through its Resource Commons Initiative

On this day, commemorating the 98th birthday of el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, also known as Malcolm X, we are pleased to share the announcement of the National Black Food & Justice Alliance’s Resource Commons and its pilot funding program awarding over $750,000 to eight Black-led farms and land collectives based around the continental US.

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Announcing the Launch of the Lola Hampton-Frank Pinder Center for Agroecology at Florida A&M University
Announcing the Launch of the Lola Hampton-Frank Pinder Center for Agroecology at Florida A&M University

Yesterday, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law leaving Black farmers once again with unfulfilled promises and uncertainty after over a year of anticipating debt relief - relief that overwhelmingly white farmers received without hesitation or opposition in Trump’s pandemic relief funding in 2020.

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