Diverse Voices
BFF acknowledges, celebrates, and uplifts the diversity of thought of what it means to be Black and what Black liberation through food means.
For us, by us means we have to hear from us.
Black Farmers and Food Entrepreneurs should be leading the conversation around solving food apartheid in Black communities.
Through our blog we are providing Black Farmer Fund Staff, Fund Recipients, Investment Committee, Board and Community in the Food Industry the space to share their perspectives, personal stories, and opinions as they relate to our work.
Hear from the people doing this work at Black Farmer Fund.
We are writing to you in solidarity with amanda david and Rootwork Herbals, the People’s Medicine School, and the Jane Minor BIPOC Medicine Garden. amanda david, a Black herbalist, educator, and the primary steward of these organizations, urgently needs our support to relocate to a safe and more supportive environment due to relentless racial harassment and threats from her neighbor.
Co-Authored by Melanie Allen and Olivia Watkins, Co-Executive Directors at Black Farmer Fund
“To free our community and ourselves from oppressive structures, we must transition the organization to a place where we decentralize power.”
Co-Authored by Amanda Everich, Community-led Investment Committee Facilitator at Black Farmer Fund & LeeAnn Morrisette from the National Black Food & Justice Alliance
We proudly announce that Black Farmer Fund’s Co-Founders, Olivia Watkins and Karen Washington, have been honored with this year’s James Beard Humanitarian of the Year Award.