Since 2019, Food for the Spirit has coordinated Buffalo Food Sovereignty Weeks’ events each year during harvest season, to coordinate efforts of local Buffalo organizations to improve the health and economy for communities of color in Buffalo. With an emphasis on Black and Indigenous growers and food systems leaders, associated events bring Buffalo communities together … Continue reading Buffalo Food Sovereignty Weeks | Harvest Season Food Bag Giveaway
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We’re Recruiting! Food For the Spirit Invites Black Farmers in the Genesee Valley Region to Participate in a Collective Marketing Campaign
In the fall of 2021, Food for the Spirit recruited five Black farmers in the Genesee Valley Region to develop a collective marketing campaign for their farms and farm products. We wanted to let the world know about the beautiful work Black farmers are doing in this region and connect the farmers with values-aligned markets … Continue reading We’re Recruiting! Food For the Spirit Invites Black Farmers in the Genesee Valley Region to Participate in a Collective Marketing Campaign
Our Black Girl’s Retreat in 2020
In 2020, eight women from Food for the Spirit's Buffalo Food Equity Network came together for a socially-distanced Black Girls' Retreat in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.
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.