This Culture of Inclusion Toolkit is a compilation of tips and suggestions designed to help market managers and vendors create more inclusive cultures and welcoming environments at their farmers markets for all members of the communities they serve.
“Stewarding our own land, growing our own food, educating our own youth, participating in our own healthcare and justice systems,” Penniman writes, “this is the source of real power and dignity.”
Get connected with programs that offer targeted support and opportunities to underrepresented groups in farming.
Michigan State University
Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment at UMass Amherst
Congressional Research Service
2022 Census of Agriculture State Data
Black producers up 5 percent since 2012; one-fifth serve or have served in the military
This annotated bibliography offers a foundation for learning and communicating about structural racism in the U.S. food system.
The Anti-Racist Farmers Market Toolkit exists to help farmers market managers make progress toward becoming anti-racist managers of anti-racist markets.
Three years since the state of Massachusetts released the MA Local Food Action Plan, this report finds that action by the legislature, the administration, and state agencies has resulted in progress toward some of the Plan’s goals, and that additional efforts are needed on others.
This report tells some of the stories of programs, projects, and people working toward the goals of the Massachusetts Local Food Action Plan.
