This Black History Month, Just a Bite hosts, Hope Lane-Gavin and Chloe Meyers, interview our great partners through the Ohio CAN program. Our hosts and our friends from the Regenerative Farmer Collective talked about the dichotomy of farming: how painful yet healing it can be as Black farmers to continue to work among the earth and grow as their ancestors did. They shared stories about how the joys and challenges as Black farmers, how they mentor and support one another, and what more needs to be done to rectify the horrific wrongs that white Americans and Europeans did when they kidnapped the first Africans and brought them to Virginia as slaves in 1619. We still see the lasting impact slavery has had on Black Americans to this day. Take a listen to this emotional, powerful conversation as we celebrate this Black History Month.  

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Learn more from our guests and support their farms: 

• Tia Stuart of Narrow Way Farm 


• Sharifa Tomlinson of Arrowrock Farm an Urban Sanctuary 

• Watch Sharifa share how Ohio CAN was beneficial for her and her farm 

• Christine Irby of Irby’s Old School Farm 

• Watch their youtube channel! 

• Khalid Karriem of Farm Right Natural Fruits and Vegetables (Trotwood, Ohio) 

Learn more about Ohio CAN and other farmers Ohio foodbanks partner with in our previous episode “Getting to know some Ohio Farmers through LFPA”.  

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