Harlem Seeds

03/07/2016

Ms. Betti Wiggins is doing absolutely incredible work with food and farming in Detroit schools and communities. Check her out!

One of the running clichés in modern America is that local food is an elitist concern—something only foodies, which is to say rich white folks (and especially hipsters), care about. And then you me…

01/05/2016

A step in the right direction, but still a long way to go...

The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, which mandated increased availability of whole grains, vegetables and fruits at schools, means children are eating healthier, a study shows.

01/04/2016

Interesting read! Perhaps there's a way to strike a balance here:

"One of the strangest parts of this phenomenon, to me, is that we live...in the era of a now decades-long public advocacy campaign to try to expose the underbelly of much of the world’s agricultural systems — and yet, we continue to (literally) buy into an image of farms that is unrealistic and uncommon. This love affair also skews the way we conceptualize modern farming."

Far too many farms no longer function except as beautiful (and expensive) event spaces that play to false nostalgia for a romantic, rural life.

11/04/2014

Harlem Seeds at the 'Concert To Feed The Hungry'. We had the opportunity to meet Esperanza Spalding!

11/04/2014

Harlem Seeds serving up Sautéed Kale with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Caramelized Roasted Apples with Strawberries to visitors of the Museum Mile Festival !!

11/04/2014

11/04/2013

"Boyd said that the Black community needs to improve awareness of the value of land ownership. 'A landless culture is a powerless culture. If you don’t have any land you don’t have any power in this country,' said Boyd."

For decades, Black farmers fought the United States Department of Agriculture over racial discrimination.

08/15/2013

Check us out today until 8pm on 125th street in front of the state office building as out teens cook and serve up some delicious summer dishes!

08/03/2013

Thank you for coming out to the today! Come check out their table and all the other amazing community organizations today in front of on 135th street between Lenox and fifth avenues. We'll be here, rain or shine, until 4!

08/03/2013

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