American Jewish Life

Black Church Food Security Network, Interview #1

This interview discusses how the Black Church Food Security Network is working to create a community-based food system by black churches in partnerships with black farmers. They are calling on churches to promote gardening, patronize black farmers, and practice emergency food storage, the latter of which will help with the current pandemic as well as prospective ones.

0:43: About Organization
2:29 : quote "food apartheid"
4:30 : "Black land robbery"
6:29 : centered in community
6:55 : "Black church anchor in Black community"
12:21 : quote "create niche markets for farmers to sell to community"
14:00 : Teaching of Black church that impacts organization
15:00 "seeking to continue legacy of ancestors"
16:20 : Started a seek bank
18:50 : quote " standing on their shoulders"
27:00 : Discussion on "what is history"
29:55 : quote "church always an anchor in Black community "
33:17 : What food sovereignty seeks to do
34:49 : Other ways organization has shifted due to coronavirus
38:03 : Teach others how to preserve food
39:21 : "getting back to what their ancestors used to do "
39:57 : connecting back to their roots
45:26 : "the Earth provides everything we need"
46:37 : "Discussion on herbalism"
51:35: Ways virus has affected organization and members
53:01 :quote " Making reality clear for a lot of people"

Transcript

August 20, 2020

Abel Gomez

Ariel Mejia

Kayla Wheeler (advisor)

Sha'Von Terrell

Black Church Food Security Network

Maryland

Baltimore

Oral history

Center for the Study of Religion and the City

Land

Food sovereignty

Seed bank

Black farmers

Health

Black Church

Ancestors

Plants

Herbal medicines

Community-based food system

Food apartheid

Food insecurity

Community building

English