Black-led member owned and operated food cooperative bringing food sovereignty back to Central Brooklyn. Help us take root - check out our KS thru 11/22/19.
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Central Brooklyn Food Coop retweeted
2/ Locally, community members have come together to create food co-ops in Park Slope, Bushwick, and Greene Hill. The @CBFoodCoop, the only urban black-led food cooperative in New York City, will open in June 2020— check it out! 👇 kickstarter.com/projects/cbf….
NEW THREAD // You ready for some #black #cooperative #history? We’re gonna have a little fun here over the next 24 hours and make it multiple choice.... reply back and one lucky participant will win a CBFC spoon - here we go....
About a decade ago, there were more than 50 #BlackOwned banks and credit unions - As of 2018, how many are left?
0%43
100%33
0%23
1 votes • Final resultsT-minus 24 hours. So close to $50k. 🥦🥕✊🏾🥕🥦 #foodjustice #bedstuy #crownheights #brooklyn fight #gentrification with @CBFoodCoop on #Kickstarter bit.ly/CBFC_Kickstarter
That purple slice? That’s custom URLs, meaning: people working hard to get the WORD out to their networks... want one of your own? Send us a message... and help us but that $50k by midnight tomorrow!
Central Brooklyn Food Coop retweeted
In my latest column, I wrote about how @CBFoodCoop builds upon a long history of Black cooperative economics to fight gentrification in Central Brooklyn, and how alt economics are super queer.
Brooklyn’s first Black-led, worker owned and operated food co-op that centers low-to-moderate income communities in Central Brooklyn is raising funds for a storefront on Kickstarter. ow.ly/oR8o50xfVxn
Central Brooklyn Food Coop retweeted
There are just a few days left to support the Central Brooklyn Food Coop (CBFC)’s Kickstarter campaign! Show up in support of the only urban Black-led food cooperative in NYC, by putting your dollars towards food sovereignty in Central Brooklyn. LINK 👉 ow.ly/TBk950xg9di
Central Brooklyn Food Coop retweeted
To reclaim their culture and their health, the Hopi, like many Native people across North America, are now working to break the colonization of their diets and they view food sovereignty as vital to that process. buff.ly/35kr0Al @lily7qi
Next up on #foodjustice trivia: What other city is currently in the process of building a Black-led and Black-centered food coop and food community hub? (@_RajPatel @CEANYC share your guess!)
100%Detroit
0%Chicago
0%Durham
3 votes • Final results
Central Brooklyn Food Coop retweeted
We are excited about this community-owned food cooperative. Best wishes to @CBFoodCoop! #foodjustice indypendent.org/2019/10/nycs…
TODAY! Black Radicals At Play | 3-6pm at @BKMovement HQ | 375 Stuyvesant | Meet CBFC members and learn about the history that helped make CBFC a reality
Central Brooklyn Food Coop retweeted
SUNDAY! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
⏰this is NEXT Sunday!⏰ A Week from today! Come hang with the dedicated members behind CBFC and learn more about the history of Black radicals in the food movement. We’ll be at @BKMovement HQ | 375 Stuyvesant Ave. #foodjustice
Only ONE WEEK left in our #Kickstarter campaign! @foodcoop @greenehill what cheese would you recommend go on this CBFC cheese board? (Want one of your own? Pledge here: bit.ly/CBFC_Kickstarter)
Reward sneak peek! Back the #Kickstarter campaign and cook up some amazing meals with one of these 🥄 #BedStuy #crownheights #foodjustice #cooperativeeconomics #PowerToThePeople bit.ly/CBFC_Kickstarter
Central Brooklyn Food Coop retweeted
Please join the Racial Equity in the Food System (REFS) workgroup for the second webinar in our food sovereignty series.
Building Partnerships to Support Food Sovereignty in African American Communities on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at 3:00 to 4:00 pm EST
msu.zoom.us/webinar/register…