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Dr. John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association speaks CNN

April 24th
10th Congressional District Congressmen Dennis J. Kicinch calls for justice for Black farmers.

April 22nd
Mo' Better Food Featured on theroot.com
An Earth Day Solution For Urban Food Deserts
By: Frank McCoy

May 12th
Accepting vendor applications for the Mo' Better
Food Market.
Application form here

May 12th
Review our most updated crop list and prices for June, July, and August. The produce is grown by the African American farmers of California.

EVENTS
July 10th, 2010
The Mo' Better Food Market opens
Location: 7th Street and Markets


July 4th - Tribute to Frederick Douglass

Mo' Better Food is developing a food system that will not only increase access to healthier foods, but will also create jobs within the community.

We call our mission and strategy -building Healthy Economics.
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David Roach receives Profiles of excellence award from ABC news
DID YOU KNOW?
According to the 2007 U.S Census, the African American population in California is 6.7%. (2,450,444).
According to 2007 Agcensus, African American farmers make up less than 1/3 of 1% of all the farmers in California (around 370 farmers in total).

Who will supply healthy food for the African American commmunity?

We asked this question in 1996 at the Mo' Better Food Conference in San Francisco. The Mo' Better Food Conference brought together Black farmers, urban gardeners, church leaders to answer the above question.

We thought naturally, African American farmers should supply healthy food in our neighborhoods. But we really wanted to raise the topic to leave the Mo' Better Food Conference with a community agenda.

Where are the Black farmers?

How many do we have? What do they grow? These were the questions raised during the conference and we left in pursuit to answer.

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Oakland International
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July 2, 2010
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 "Pick a fruit. Feed a child. Plant a seed. Feed a nation.'
 

EVENTS

July 4th, 2010
Tribute to Frederick Douglass
Location: 1357 5th Street, West Oakland
Presented by Kulture Freedom

July 10th, 2010
The Mo' Better Food Market opens every Saturday
@ 7th Street and Markets
Presented by the Familyhood Connection Inc.
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

September 11, 2010
Faith Day in the Park
Presented by Kaiser Permanente

October 7-14, 2010
9th Oakland International Film Festival
Grand Lake Theater
more info: www.oiff.org
 
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David Roach receives "Outstanding Community Service Award" from the National Morehouse Alumni Association at homecoming November 2009.

Since, so few African Americans are actually involved in farming, we believe, there is a corollation between the few Black farmers actually farming, and the lack of fresh fruits and vegetables available in our communities. We believe, if we promote and support African Americans to participate in agriculture, we will have mo' access to healthy foods, create new jobs, reduce the cost of food and have a better diet.
 OUR ROLE
Mo' Better Food's role has been to protect, preserve, and promote the well being of Blacks in agriculture by establishing markets for our produce.
in communities that lack access to fruits and vegetables first.

OUR STRATEGY
Establish markets within the community.

FOOD SCARCITY
Today, many predominately African American communities throughout the United States have been defined as "food insecure." A term used to say, the residents do not have access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

For example, the state of California has the largest agricultural industry in the United States, yet most of the Black communities within California are food insecure.

OUR PLEDGE
We must provide places that enable our farmers to get their food to the people. The more we do these things, the more we will build Healthy economics.

THE SOLUTION
BUILD HEALTHY ECONOMICS

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