Black History and Agriculture
Every culture on Earth has an agricultural history. Black History is filled with many topics and issues relating to agriculture and food production. Here are a few links and resources to explore:
George Washington Carver
in (July 12, 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an American botanical researcher and agronomy educator who worked in agricultural extension at the Tuskegee InstituteTuskegee, Alabama, teaching former slaves farming techniques for self-sufficiency. To bring education to farmers, Carver designed a mobile school. It was called a Jesup Wagon after the New York financier, Morris Ketchum Jesup, who provided funding. Read the whole Wikipedia entry by clicking here.
A Blighted Harvest The World Bank & African Agriculture in thé 1980s Africa World Press, Inc. PO Box 1892 Trenton, New jersey 08607
Racial Discrimination Threatening African American Farmers?
African-American Gardens and Yards in the Rural South
East Palo Alto Festival Combines Collard Greens, Culture
East Palo Alto Collard Green Festival Home Page
African American Cultural Garden
Cleveland African American Cultural Garden
City Slicker Farms, West Oakland
National Black Farmers Association
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