Through our work, SAAFON promotes the links among Black farming, Black culture and Black history
Cynthia Hayes
Co – Founder 1950 – 2016
Always with us
Dr. Owusu B Andele
Co – Founder
Louisiana
Professor Emeritus of Sustainable Agriculture – Southern University
Dara Cooper
Board Chair
Georgia
National Organizer
for National Black Food & Justice Alliance
Terry Hayes
Georgia
Dr. Ashante M. Reese
Vice Chair
Maryland
Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Kristopher Smith
Treasurer
Kentucky
Director Of Community Services Community Action Council
for Lexington – Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Inc.
Jesse Buie
Mississippi
Farmer – Ole Brook Organics, Inc
Member, National Organic Standards Board
Dr. Cindy Ayers Elliot
Mississippi
Farmer – Footprint Farms
Yvette Browne
US Virgin Islands
Farmer – Sejah Farm / St.Croix Island Food Security Coop
