What would you do if a corporate donor offered you over $1 million dollars to support your programs? Back in February we discussed Growing Power's quest to raise $425,000 to match the city's contribution, 150 jobs for low-income residents were at stake. It looks like that has happened, but is it kosher?
-Other organizations are trying to get historically underrepresented groups into farming as well. African-American Farmers of California are launching a program to get more African Americans into agriculture. Stat of the day, in 1920 close to 14% of farmers were of African descent. Today, 12% of principals farmers in Mississippi are black, in 35 states African Americans are less than 1% of all primary farm operators.
-Chicago's Botanic Garden’s Windy City Harvest program is trying to reach the most disenfranchised. It gives instruction and a certificate in sustainable horticulture and urban agriculture to inmates preparing them for green collar jobs upon release.
-The International Permaculture Conference is done and dusted, but that doesn't mean you can't relive the experience and watch it again.
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