Black Ag Week Events

Healthy Solutions will host a State of Black Agriculture National Call

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What:               National Black Agriculture Awareness Week – State of Black Agriculture National Call

When:              July 13, 2011 4pm EST  and July 15, 2011 2pm  EST

Where:                         Telephone Conference Call – Dial in Number (712) 432-0900 access code 310773

Who:                    Open to everyone

Event Ideas:

Field trips to visit black farms,

volunteer days to assist black producers with farm needs,

purchase from black farmers,

encourage your local stores to purchase from black producers during this week,

do community events around issues in black agriculture,

youth outreach and engagement to encourage more children of color to go into agriculture

Host a black farmers market

Run stores in news papers about Black Agriculture

Advocate for more services and programs that help increase the number of black producers

Advocate and help make black producers self sustaining

and many many more options