IN THE NEWS
9/11/2023 - Mayor Mike Duggan today introduced longtime urban farming activist Tepfirah Rushdan as the City’s first-ever Director of Urban Agriculture
3/14/2023 - Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, A Multidisciplinary Initiative at the University of Michigan
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
USDA Announces Inaugural Federal Advisory Committee on Urban Agriculture
2/1/2022 - USDA Farm Service Agency
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
Black Farmers Fund Launched in Washtenaw County
9/24/2021 - The Sun Times News - Doug Marrin
Urban farming: Detroit based farming fund works to make sure Black farmers own their land
7/14/2021 - WXYZ- Jeddy Johnson
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
First five Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund grantees finalize land purchases
3/11/2021 - Planet Detroit - Rhonda J. Smith
Detroit Black Farmers Land Fund selects 30 farmers for cash grants to buy land
10/28/2020 - Planet Detroit - Rhonda J. Smith
It took a group of Black farmers to start fixing Detroit’s land ownership problem
9/28/2020 - Planet Detroit - Rhonda J. Smith
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