Description

The 2022 Black Farming Conference is brought to you by Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice, Central State University, Antioch College, and the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center.  

Black Farming Conference: Roots, Food, and Storytelling

September 9th & 10th 2022
FREE TO ATTEND
Virtual & In-Person Opportuntities

Registration Required: https://community.agrariacenter.org/e/black-farming-conference-roots-food-storytelling/

This year's Conference Theme: Roots, Food, and Storytelling will build upon the legacy of our ancestral roots of food from the African diaspora and the power of storytelling through food, family, and American culture.

Confirmed Speaker:

Michael Twitty: Michael W. Twitty is an African-American Jewish writer, culinary historian, and educator. He is the author of The Cooking Gene, published by HarperCollins/Amistad, which won the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Book of the Year as well as the category for writing. (This description is taken directly from Wikipedia.) (We will also have Michael's The Cooking Gene book for sale on Friday, September 9th at the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center event.) Michael is speaking on Saturday, September 10th)

More speakers TBA

Stay tuned for more information on speakers, breakout sessions, and farm tours!

TENTATIVE AGENDA

Friday, September 9, 2022

Central State University

Address: 1400 Brush Row Road, Wilberforce, OH 45384

9:30am – Registration

10:00am – 12:00pm Agriculture Workshops

1:00pm – 3:00pm Agriculture & Research Tours

Lunch On Your Own

12pm - 4:00pm
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, (NAAMCC)

Address: 1350 Brush Row Rd, Wilberforce, OH 45384

Free Museum Exhibits Open 

Farmer’s Market hosted by Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice’s Regenerative

Farmer Fellows – onsite at NAAMCC

7:00pm - Virtual Evening Keynote: Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, Black Church Food

Security Network

Saturday, September 10, 2022

9:30am Opening Remarks/Welcome

12:00pm-12:55pm Lunch break/Virtual Networking

1:00pm – 2:00pm Virtual Afternoon Keynote – Michael Twitty, Culinary Historian

2:00pm – 4:00pm - Breakout Sessions - Run Concurrently

Farm Credit Mid-America Workshop, by Marcus Tyler

Storytelling Workshop, by Omope Carter Daboiku

4:00pm – Conference Adjourns