Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group

Join us for a workshop led by a team of community-based Produce Safety Educators and participate in a regional mapping project with NESAWG!Produce Safety Field Day and MapJamProduce Safety Training9-12pmPlease join us at One Art Community Center for a day of learning and community food systems visioning. First, there will be an interactive workshop where you will learn from a team of Produce Safety Educators. Laquanda Dobson, Dr. Melvina Brown and Lindsay Gilmour bring years of experience in teaching and farming in the Philadelphia region to help answer questions specific to your operation and give real world examples of some

We will examine the radical, cultural and political technologies Black people innovated to help feed, house, and free each other.A NESAWG Sankofa Series WebinarNESAWG's Sankofa Series is back!In 2023, our online Sankofa Series will be lifting voices of color, focusing on our history and roots, celebrating identities and cultures, and learning from movements of resilience and change. This is part of NESAWG’s Racial Equity Transformation work in the farm & food systems.AgendaThis special session examines the radical cultural and political technologies Black people innovated to help feed, house and free each other from jail in the midst of civil rights

Our next webinar will feature artist, founder of the Kansas Black Panther Chapter, healer, and community leader... Mama C!A NESAWG Sankofa Series WebinarNESAWG's Sankofa Series is back!In 2023, our online Sankofa Series will be lifting voices of color, focusing on our history and roots, celebrating identities and cultures, and learning from movements of resilience and change. This is part of NESAWG’s Racial Equity Transformation work in the farm & food systems.PresenterCharlotte Hill O’Neal aka Mama C aka Iya Osotunde Fasuyi is an internationally known visual artist, musician, performance artist, ATR priestess, filmmaker, poet/writer, of more than 3 decades of experience.She

On Pride month, NESAWG invites you to this important conversation. You don't want to miss it!Black and Brown Queerness in Agriculture: A roundtable conversation with Queer Farmers of Color and the intersectionalities in the overall food system. An online event hosted by NESAWG - Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group.Monday, June 24, 2024 from 6pm-8pm (Online)Learn more about the event at https://nesawg.org/events-2024Learn more about us at: https://nesawg.org/Questions? Feel free to e-mail us at info@nesawg.orgWe welcome any and all contributions to help pay the amazing Speakers.https://nesawg.org/donate$10$20$50$100OtherOur conversation with open audience participation will spotlight the experiences and perspectives of Farmers of Color and

A Conversation with Anthony Munene. Learn about the real life stories, challenges and opportunities that refugee and immigrant farmers face.The Realities of Refugee and Immigrant Farmers of Color: A Conversation With Anthony Munene.Learn about the real life stories, challenges and opportunities that refugee and Immigrant farmers face.Land Access-How do you access farmland to grow your own food on a new land facing language, cultural and systemic barriers?Network Building-How do you open doors and pathways into communities that are not open to diversity and inclusion, and with no relationships or networks of your own?Financing-How do you access financing with no credit

An online conversation with Rhonda S. Vesey, Project Director of FAHNN.EXTREME FOOD INSECURITY & THE RISE OF FAHNN: A COMMUNITY-LED FARMER'S MARKET STORY.Food Access Healthy Neighborhoods Now! (FAHNN): A NESAWG Sankofa SeriesLearn about Rhonda S. Vesey's story, and how she organized neighbors in the Valley/ Southside of Syracuse, NY to create a grassroots farmers market with farm-fresh produce and local value-added products in the midst of extreme food insecurity.Any questions?Visit us at https://nesawg.org OREmail us at info@nesawg.org ORCall us at 401-484-4110Please consider offering a donation, so we can pay a just and equitable honorarium to our speakers. Much love and

Join NESAWG and UN trainer Joshua Cooper as we complete our recommendations to the 4th UN-USA Cycle of the Universal Periodic Report.Our local food insecurity is very much driven by US domestic and foreign policy working hand in hand with corporate America and the global capitalist system.Join NESAWG and United Nations trainer Joshua Cooper as we build local & global power with our testimonies & recommendations to the 4th UN-USA Cycle of the Universal Periodic Report (UPR) to ensure that the Right to Food, People’s Rights & Nature’s Rights are upheld, protected and enforced.