Education, Uplifting BIPOC
This blog post is part of a two-part series about EFAO’s beginning steps in addressing anti-racism and equity within agriculture. Part One shared insights and thoughts from Angel, Amy, and Ali on EFAO’s equity work to date, while this second part highlights key...
Education, Uplifting BIPOC
Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy By Kosi Agamah When I first picked up this book I had no clue what I was in store for. In this impressive anthology, Natalie Baszile brings together essays, poems, photographs, quotes, conversations, and...
Education, Farming, Uplifting BIPOC
Shade of Miti is a food and climate justice organization on Treaty 13 land (Mississauga, Ontario). This organization is for communities that experience oppression from food and climate systems as well as allies and accomplices. They envision sustainable food systems...
EFAO, Farmer-Led Research, Farming, Small Grains, Uplifting BIPOC
Ronaldo Lec is an advocate for food & seed sovereignty, ecological agriculture, and empowerment of the peoples of the Global South through his work with ECOSOL, the Ecology & Solidarity Council. In 2020, Rony and his partner Myriam Legault performed a grain...
Education, Issues, Uplifting BIPOC
by Celeste Lopreiato I’ve been involved with farming for about four years. After an inspiring summer working on my university campus’s organic farm – I caught the bug. Over the past few years I’ve met and talked to hundreds of local ecological vegetable farmers....
Education, Issues, Uplifting BIPOC
by Brenda Hsueh of Black Sheep Farm On top of living with the anxiety and uncertainties of the Covid-19 pandemic, these last few weeks have seen much righteous anger over the terrible murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. This, on top of so many other...
