GFI held a lecture focused on Black farmers titled “Rural & Urban Food Sovereignty: Black Communities Taking the Lead” on Sept. 25.
Several experts on a panel from rural and urban communities discussed their progress and challenges of being a farmer. The panel was hosted by Mya O. Price, an assistant professor at the Global Food Institute, with panelists Dion Dawson, chief dreamer of Dion’s Chicago Dream; Cicely Garrett, co-executive director of the National Black Food and Justice Alliance; Qiana Mickie, New York City’s inaugural executive director of the Office of Urban Agriculture within the Mayor’s Office; and Ashley C. Smith, executive director of Black Soil KY.