Resource Corner

🗺️ “Black Farming Cooperatives” Story Map
→ An interactive ArcGIS storymap tracing Black farming co-ops across the U.S., offering historical context and regional profiles.

🚜 Federation of Southern Cooperatives / Land Assistance Fund
→ A pan-regional cooperative organization with a history of supporting Black farmer co-ops and land retention in the South, offering membership info and resources.

🧺 LocalHarvest
→ A directory connecting eaters with farmers’ markets, CSAs, and family farms. Find and support local producers in your community. 

🌾 “Collective Courage” by Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard
→ A foundational text tracing African American cooperative economics across history—a must-read companion to this month’s archival feature.

📖 “Envisioning Your Co-op” Curriculum – by Dr. Shakara Tyler (Food First Fellow)
→ A toolkit for grassroots groups interested in starting cooperatives rooted in food justice and community self-determination.

🌍 National Co+op Grocers Map
→ Find your nearest food co-op and learn how everyday purchasing can sustain cooperative economies.

🧑🏾‍🌾 ROPPA (Network of West African Farmers and Producers)
→ Regional hub where organizations like CNOP (Mali) collaborate to strengthen family farming and advocate for food sovereignty in West Africa.

🌻 Semilla Austral (Chile)
→ Explore the cooperative’s participatory agroecological guarantee system—an inspiring model for decentralized, community-led certification.

🍎 “Americans Brace for Food Stamps to Run Out: The Greatest Hunger Catastrophe Since the Great Depression” – The Guardian

→ A powerful article detailing how the ongoing U.S. government shutdown is halting federal food benefits, putting over 41 million people at risk of hunger. A critical read on why community-based food systems and cooperative safety nets are more essential than ever.