Back to the Roots: Growing a Food Sovereignty Network

📅 Date: February 22, 2025

📍 Location: Evergreen State College, Tacoma

⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

🎯 Theme: Empowering Black and Brown farmers, entrepreneurs, and advocates to reclaim food sovereignty, strengthen urban agriculture, and build community resilience.

Food is power. Land is legacy. Back to the Roots is a transformative gathering designed to empower Black and Brown communities by fostering food sovereignty, cooperative economics, and sustainable agriculture. This intimate, plant-filled event will bring together urban farmers, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and food justice advocates for a day of learning, networking, and action.

✅ Build Community & Collaboration – Connect with Black and Brown farmers, food entrepreneurs, and advocates shaping the future of urban agriculture.
✅ Learn from Experts – Explore sustainable farming, AgriSolar energy solutions, co-op business models, and food distribution networks.
✅ Get Inspired – Engage with speakers, interactive workshops, and live demonstrations showcasing self-sufficient farming, land stewardship, and alternative energy solutions.
✅ Pitch Your Ideas – Have an innovative project? Share your vision with a supportive community eager to invest in solutions.

🌾 Keynote Address: "Reclaiming Food Sovereignty: The Power of Community & Land Ownership"
💡 Fast-Pitch Session: Visionaries present their projects in farming, food justice, and cooperative business models.

🌿 Workshops:

• Data & Decision-Making for Small Farms
• Cooperative Models for Collective Growth
• AgriSolar & Alternative Energy Solutions
• Building Local Food Distribution Networks
  🍽️ Networking Lunch & Exhibits: Enjoy plant-based meals, connect with like-minded changemakers, and explore hands-on demonstrations of urban agriculture tools.

📢 Submit a Pitch – Deadline: February 15, 2025
📋 Register Now – Your participation helps inform the Annual State of Black Farmers in WA State report.

🌍 Farmers, food entrepreneurs, educators, activists, students, policymakers, home gardeners, and anyone passionate about food justice!

For more details, contact: Roy S at [email protected]

🔥 Let’s reclaim our food systems, restore our communities, and plant the seeds for a just, sustainable future. Join us! 🌱💪

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