Black Farmers Conference at BC next month

Black Farmers & Urban Gardeners Conference: Registration Now Open

This November, the first annual conference to forge food, farming and policy solutions for the Black Community will convene at Brooklyn College in New York City, convening farmers, gardeners, activists, students and community leaders from across the nation.

Black Farmers & Urban Gardeners Conference

November 19-21, 2010

Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

Registration is now open.

Early Bird Rates (September 6th – October 5th)

ATTENTION: Farmers, gardeners, students, teachers, and seniors, before you buy your tickets, please email registration[at]blackfarmersconf.org or

call 212-629-8850 x19 to get your registration code.

The 2010 Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference is presented by Black Urban Growers (BUGS), an alliance of predominately Black urban farmers and gardeners, food activists and allies united in rebuilding our community wealth and health by reconnecting to the land and our traditional roles as agriculturalists and environmental stewards.

In November of 2009, this alliance began organizing and hosting a series of community events with the purpose of starting a conversation around food: Where does it come from? Who is providing it? Why don’t we see more black farmers at the farmers markets? What is the relationship between our individual health and the health of our communities, and why does it matter?

Beginning with a fundraiser event in February of 2010, followed by a Community Forum in April, we’ve been inviting more and more people from our communities to engage in the conversation and together connect the dots between the health of our farmers and our collective health as a community. At the Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference happening November 19-21, 2010, we will engage in a national and international dialogue and action planning to build a national network that includes producers, consumers, and everyone in between in creating sustainable solutions.