by Black Church Food Security Network | Aug 8, 2022 | Baltimore, BCFSN Membership, Black Church, Church Garden, Coordinating Committees, Maryland, Popular Education
Cultivating community power in historically marginalized and oppressed communities is often very slow and thoughtful work. There is no microwave for building “people power” in communities that have often been robbed of their power and voice. It happens...
by Admin BlackChurchFSN | Jul 28, 2022 | BCFSN Membership, Black Church, Church Garden, Coordinating Committees, Florida, Jacksonville
At BCFSN, we thrive in part from our local Coordinating Committees positioned across the country that act as a “hub” for churches in that specific region to build relationships and discuss location specific topics. This week, let’s shine a spotlight on one of our...
by Admin BlackChurchFSN | Jul 14, 2022 | BCFSN Membership, Black Church, Black Farmers, Church Garden, Coordinating Committees, New Beginnings, The Network
BCFSN Road Trip! Members of our team took to the highway to connect, organize, and build with churches, farmers and other stakeholders in North Carolina from July 8-10, 2022. We were invited by the First Lady Lydia McIntyre of the Poplar Grove AME Church and Ms....
by Admin BlackChurchFSN | Jun 30, 2022 | Church Garden, Coordinating Committees, Florida, Jacksonville, Ministry Spotlight
At BCFSN, we thrive in part from our local Coordinating Committees positioned across the country that act as a “hub” for churches in that specific region to build relationships and discuss location specific topics. We are committed to expanding our reach nationally...
by Admin BlackChurchFSN | Jun 28, 2022 | Baltimore, Church Garden, Coordinating Committees, Maryland
Black churches that work together to grow food in a systematic way can do far more to create sustainable solutions for food apartheid than they can if they only work by themselves. That’s one of the messages that was communicated and demonstrated on Sunday,...
by Admin BlackChurchFSN | Jun 24, 2022 | Baltimore, Church Garden, Maryland
When churches start gardens they run into very predictable problems like: not having a water source not having enough consistent laborers not having seeds not knowing what to grow and when not having sustained support from the congregation not knowing where to start...
