A Juneteenth garden

From June 2012, this is a NYTimes article on a African-American slave history garden. Included are many vegetables and grains originally brought from Africa during the 400 years of the global slave trade. Statistics are also given on the number of US African-American farmowners.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/garden/juneteenth-gardens-planting-the-seeds-o...

Thanks for this gem.

Here is one example of an African American leader in sustainable living, in Los Angeles County (Watts). There are others in New Orleans, Chicago, etc.

https://garden.org/learn/articles/view/2199/

Wednesday, September 4, 2019: On page D7 in today's NYTimes, please be aware of the article in the NYTimes food section titled, Urban Campers Map the Food Landscape. The news article profiles a program called Harlem Grown, which started out last month in several NY Housing Authority neighborhoods around the city. Tony Hillery, Harlem Grown's founder and Executive Director, explains, "We don't use the term food desert (where it is difficult to buy affordable fresh food), we call it a food apartheid, because it's man-made."

As the news article makes clear, the original Harlem Grown project, started over a year ago, keeps outgrowing each season's stated goals. As their project website makes even more clear, their ability to empower many communities to become more informed and more selective about their food choices has skyrocketed. Link:

http://www.harlemgrown.org/yearinreview

I know there was an urban farm in Milwaukee. Can't find it's track now, but discovered this story - more important than the food they grow, Andre Lee Ellis' mission is to help the young men in his neighborhood survive adolescence:

In Milwaukee's poorest ZIP code, fruits and vegetables become powerful weapons for saving young boys

In the USA in 2020, there is a huge resurgence of interest in the celebration of Juneteenth:

https://shopwithleslie.blog/2020/06/04/celebrate-juneteenth-2020-with-gardening-...

A US botanist/MD couple is sharing free herb and plant samples that strengthen the immune system to withstand viruses and other ills:

https://civileats.com/2020/07/14/the-doctor-botanist-couple-healing-a-community-...

More profiles of African-Americans in agriculture: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/voices-from-the-land/