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COVID Can't Stop Us
Restaurants have more minority leaders and owners than any other sector of the economy, and they hav...
The owner of Firebrand Artisan Breads adopted a legal structure that would allow him to protect work...
Juanita Darden has kept multiple businesses afloat during the pandemic and is now poised to open a n...
(Photo by Molly DeCoudreaux) SF New Deal pays restaurants to cook meals for underserved populat...
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COVID Can't Stop Us
Grants to church food pantries promote purchases from local farmers and restaurants
Engaging churches in hunger-policy work is a long-term effort. (Photo Minimal Church, By Thomas...
There is a growing movement across the U.S. to serve up, recognize and make visible Indigenous cuisi...
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COVID Can't Stop Us
Dayton’s food banks rise to the COVID-19 challenge, coping with fluctuating supply and demand
The Dayton Foodbank adapted to the pandemic by doubling its workforce to around 50 staff members and...
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Activists Pushing For Change
Commentary: From Juneteenth to Reparations: Reclaiming Our Stolen Stories
(Illustration by Cienpies Design/Adobe Stock) In order to achieve full reparations, we need to ...
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Black Voices
The decline of area Black-owned farms in recent decades mirrors a national trend
Jamel Rahkeera leads the team at Village Family Farms that transformed abandoned plots of land into ...
The Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund aims to address the historical racial land ownership dispari...
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Black Voices
Juneteenth provides an opportunity to look at Black land ownership and the economic power it brings.
The proportion of the United States under Black ownership has actually shrunk over the last 100 year...
Referrals by faith groups helped Dayton lawn-care business survive the first two years of the pandem...
