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DETROIT BLACK FARMER LAND FUND COMMITTEE

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“For a couple thousand dollars, we can make sure that your land is secure.”

– Tepfirah Rushdan, City of Detroit, Co-Founder

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“Detroit is the mecca of urban agriculture.”

- Jerry Hebron, Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, Co-Founder

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"The long term goal is to create a culture of local Black farmers who can rely and depend on each other in supporting growing food and feeding our communities.”

- Erin Preston-Johnson Bevel, DBCFSN, Co-Founder

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“If you are invited to walk in someone else's garden, how would you enter that space?”

– Danielle Daguio, Keep Growing Detroit, Lead Co-Conspirator

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"Let's clap back to the narrative that WE, as the people, cannot live, and work, collaboratively, in solidarity, to reimagine a reality beyond the systems that exploit us."

– Dr. shakara tyler, DBCFSN, Co-Founder

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