Food for the Spirit is seeking a Communications and Marketing Consultant to work with us this growing season to build community and collective marketing strategies with Black farmers in the Genesee Valley region.
Category: Farmers
Barriers for Black Farmers’ Success
Food for the Spirit is supporting the formation and development of a Black farmer co-op for New York State.
NYS Black Farmers 2019 Survey
In 2019, Food for the Spirit circulated a survey amongst Black farmers throughout New York State and one farmer commented “We are a dying breed”. Black farmers suffer from most issues associated with small farms in a system that favors large-scale agriculture, however; their experiences are compounded by a history of discrimination through both private and public … Continue reading NYS Black Farmers 2019 Survey