In the spirit of spring renewal and celebration, SAAFON was honored to host our inaugural General Membership Assembly from March 5-8th on St. Helena Island, […]
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Read MoreOn June 2, 2026 thirteen SAAFON partners, board and staff members, and friends set out on a journey across the state of Mississippi to gain […]
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Read MoreIt is with both deep sorrow and boundless gratitude that we remember our dear co-founder and friend to all farmers, Dr. Owusu Atiba Bandele. On […]
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Read MoreIn 2025, SAAFON conducted a survey seeking to grasp a contemporary understanding of the word organic throughout the network—after all, the word is in our name. The findings were clear and profound.
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Read MoreThe crafting of SAAFON’s Farmer Brigades over the past five years has laid the foundation for a model of mutual aid and kinship building that […]
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Read MoreThis past May and early June, SAAFON held its bi-annual Farmer Brigades in Alabama — a deeply collaborative effort rooted in shared labor, mutual aid, and the generational spirit of Black agrarian practice.
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Read MoreIn partnership with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), SAAFON awarded three scholarships to two undergraduates and one graduate student for their continued work in agriculture that promotes racial equity in food systems. The recipients of the annual Cynthia Hayes Memorial Scholarship are Vicki Mines, Alaina Parr, and Mikelanj Ajinaku.Â
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Read MoreFrom a panel boasting over 200 years of wisdom, to a farm tour that laid bare the present-day realities of watermelon cultivation alongside visions for tomorrow, the 2025 Watermelon Convergence dug deep.
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Read MoreThis year, SAAFON will be hosting our first Watermelon Convergence, in partnership with the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives and Black Dirt Farm Collective, with funding […]
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Read MoreThe Cynthia Hayes Memorial Scholarship honors the co-founder of the first regional network for African American organic farmers in the United States. Cynthia Hayes spent […]