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Mayor names Tepfirah Rushdan as City's first Director of Urban Agriculture

9/11/2023 - Mayor Mike Duggan today introduced longtime urban farming activist Tepfirah Rushdan as the City’s first-ever Director of Urban Agriculture, working directly out of the Mayor’s office. In her new position, Rushdan will serve as a liaison to the urban farming community and will help shape city policy regarding urban farming.

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shakara tyler | “The Story of the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund: Decolonization and Abolition in Practice”

3/14/2023 - Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, A Multidisciplinary Initiative at the University of Michigan

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Black farming projects look to recoup historical U.S. land losses

6/17/2022 - Thomson Reuters Foundation

Designing Restorative Models and Systems w/ Michigan Black Farmer Land Funds

3/19/2022 - Michigan Family Farms Conference

Black-led urban farms are thriving – until they have to fight for their land

3/5/2022 - The Guardian - Patrice Wprthy

Restorative Economics = Flower House Detroit + Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund

3/3/2022 - Cultivating Place - Jennifer Jewell

How do we grow food on our own land?

2/9/2022 - Freedom Dreams

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USDA Announces Inaugural Federal Advisory Committee on Urban Agriculture

2/1/2022 - USDA Farm Service Agency

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Even with cash in hand, Black farmers in Detroit struggle to overcome hurdles to purchasing plots

11/18/2021 - Planet Detroit - Randiah Camille Green

Food Justice and Sustainability Activist Advocates Food Sovereignty and Urban Farming in Detroit

11/3/2021 - WKAR - MSU Today with Russ White

In Detroit, a push to help Black farmers purchase land

10/26/2021 - Grist - Jena Brooker

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Black Farmers Fund Launched in Washtenaw County

9/24/2021 - The Sun Times News - Doug Marrin

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Urban farming: Detroit based farming fund works to make sure Black farmers own their land

7/14/2021 - WXYZ- Jeddy Johnson

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Fund for Black farmers raises thousands to boost land ownership

7/13/2021 - Detroit Free Press - Nushrat Rahman

Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund Launches Second-Year Crowdfunding Campaign

6/22/2021 - WDET - Annamarie Sysling

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First five Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund grantees finalize land purchases

3/11/2021 - Planet Detroit - Rhonda J. Smith

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Detroit Black Farmers Land Fund selects 30 farmers for cash grants to buy land

10/28/2020 - Planet Detroit - Rhonda J. Smith

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It took a group of Black farmers to start fixing Detroit’s land ownership problem

9/28/2020 - Planet Detroit - Rhonda J. Smith

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Detroit organizations raise $40,000 for ‘Black Farmer Land Fund’

6/27/2020 - Click on Detroit - Cassidy Johncox

Fund For Detroit’s Black Farmers Raises Thousands To Generate More Land Ownership

6/26/2020 - WDET - Annamarie Sysling, Ryan Patrick Hooper

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