RT @AgrarianSharing: @IrelandSeedSov Our collaborations with Collard stewards at the heart of Cali's Black Agrarian scene began with 2020's historic, Black-initiated, Black-led, 'Freedom, Family, & Farming' gathering. In today's outgoing care package? Our key accessions, along with shallot diversity for increase.
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Off to the post office with 25lbs of agrobiodiversity for plant breeding allies playing a key role supporting California's Black Farm renaissance.
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Photos of seed packets containing Collard accessions of: Georgia, Vates, Cascade Glaze, Whaley's Favorite, Morris Heading, Yellow Cabbage, Czech/Croatian perennial, Variegated, Utopian Ultracross, ASN Champion Collard Grex.
Our working relationship with California's burgeoning Black Agrarian movement goes back a few years now. How fine it feels to catch up on news, and pick up the collaborative tempo around seed support for this beautiful band of souls, who gathered in Allensworth, CA, last week.
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Photograph of Black farmers, smiling, gathered in Allensworth, CA, last week. Allensworth, for the history buffs among you, was the first town in California founded, financed and governed by African-Americans. And the Black farmers are back.