

Carolina Gold - The story of the hidden wealth of early America
Thanks to the work of Glenn Roberts, proprietor of Anson Mills and a president of the Carolina Gold Foundation, and many others with we...

Tulsa Juneteenth Festival - Tulsa - June 13-15, 2024
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the...

Odunde Festival - Philadelphia - June 9, 2024
The Odunde Festival, held annually in Philadelphia, was created in 1975 by Lois Fernandez. The festival attracts up to 500,000 people...
Aunt Lou's Underground Railroad Tomato
I’m very fond of the idea that I can grow something in my garden that was passed down from an African traveling to freedom through the...


Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas
Black Rice tells the story of the true provenance of rice in the Americas. It establishes, through agricultural and historical evidence,...


The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African America Culinary History in the Old South
The Cooking Gene is a literary journey through African-American culinary history. From the tobacco and rice farms of colonial times to...


In the Shadow of Slavery: Africa’s Botanical legacy in the Atlantic World
In the Shadow of Slavery is masterful scholarship that debunks the simple-minded notion that enslaved Africans came to America without...


We are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land and Legacy
In We are Each Other’s Harvest, Natalie Baszile explores and celebrates Black farming in America. She has assembled a treasure trove of...

Handbook of the Negro Garden Club of Virginia (1944)
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924002827545&seq=3


Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land, Documentary
https://gaininggroundthefilm.com/
High on the Hog: How African Americans Cuisine Transformed America, Netflix
Stephen Satterfield, Host In the first episode of the second season of the High on the Hog Netflix television series, educator and...


From Seed to Skillet: A Guide to Growing, Tending, Harvesting and Cooking Up Fresh, Healthy Food to Share with People You Love
I met Jimmy Williams (and son Logan Williams) tending their wares at the Hollywood Farmer’s Market on a Sunday morning in Hollywood,...


Farming While Black, Documentary
https://www.farmingwhileblackfilm.com/


Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the LandBy
In Farming While Black, Leah Penniman has gifted us a valuable and inspiring resource. Like the story she tells of the origins of Soul...

Southeastern African American Farmers’ Organic Network
SAAFON, a nonprofit based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a network of small and heritage black farmers committed to culturally relevant,...


1886 Colored Farmers National Alliance and Cooperative Union: Preserving a Legacy of Empowerment
The founding of the 1886 Colored Farmers National Alliance and Cooperative Union was a pivotal moment in African American agricultural...

International Coalition to Commemorate African Ancestors of the Middle Passage
ICCAAMP has proclaimed every second weekend in June (beginning in 2016) as the International commemoration to remember the ancestors of...