Act: Inspiration

Black Farm Cooperatives: Tangible Solutions

By National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Staff, originally published by National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

December 14, 2020

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Discussion about how cooperative farming and racial equity in federal food policy can create economic sustainability in Black communities. Connect with the work of the panelists: Tahz Walker Website: Earthseedlandcoop.org Facebook: @earthseedlandcoop Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, Ph.D. Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice Sharrona Moore Websites: Indianablackfarmers.com & Lawrencecommunitygardens.org Facebook/Instagram: @IndianaBlackFarmersCoop & @lawrencecommunitygardens DeShawn Blanding Website: Ruralco.org Instagram: @ruralco Facebook: @RuralCoalition

 

Teaser photo credit: National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Facebook page

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Staff

The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) is an alliance of grassroots organizations that advocates for federal policy reform to advance the sustainability of agriculture, food systems, natural resources, and rural communities.

Tags: access to land, black commons, co-operatives, new economy

Proposed Federal changes to grant rules increase uncertainty and risks for farmers

By National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Staff, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Funding freezes, grant terminations, program cancellations, and a woefully understaffed USDA have disrupted the programs and services farmers and rural communities rely on to build environmentally resilient and economically viable businesses.

September 1, 2026

Beyond the supermarket: What Greece’s alternative food networks teach us about degrowth

By Eirini-Erifyli Tzekou, Degrowth.info

Thessaloniki’s grassroots food networks offer a glimpse of what food systems organized around care and democracy, rather than profit and endless growth, can look like.

August 27, 2026

The case for smartphones as a contributor to falling birth rates

By Tom Murphy, Do the Math

Among economic stress, affordability, and climate change dread, is smartphone use another factor in the downward trend in fertility rates?

August 26, 2026