View this panel presentation; Listening to Black Farmers. Our three panelists shared their personal experiences as Black Farmers, social justice advocates, and land conservationists. Scroll down to view this program!
The panel members, their affiliations, and topics of discussion are listed below;
• Alison Espinosa, Black Farmer Fund & Rootworker’s Croft, on connecting the past & future of black farming
• Rhyston Mays, of Phillies Bridge Farm Project, on their personal journey to farming
• Shaniqua Bowden of Kingston Land Trust, on getting land in black hands
• Followed by a Q&A moderated by SUNY student Melissa Paniagua
We also shared a video produced by Al Jazeera entitled Why are all the Black Farmers Vanishing?
Thank you to Jordan Williams – Land Steward at Kingston Land Trust who compiled the following comprehensive resource guide!
Photo courtesy of Alison Espinosa.