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Seeds of change: buying black farm products enriches the health and wealth of our community.

Publication: Black Enterprise
Publication Date: 01-JAN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Seeds of change: buying black farm products enriches the health and wealth of our community.(BUYING POWER)

Article Excerpt
DAVID ROACH LEARNED OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIC, FACING black farmers while studying business finance at Moreh0use College, but years later its far-reaching consequences hit him hard when he saw one of his high school students feeding her young child candy.

The experience led him to found The Familyhood Connection, an Oakland, California-based nonprofit organization in 1994. Today, the organization's Mo' Better Food Healthy Economics Campaign (www.mobetterfood.com) educates black consumers about nutrition and agriculture, and helps black farmers distribute their products to local...

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