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Volunteer at D-Town Farm! Volunteer days are back! Use one of the links below to sign up to volunteer:
CLICK HERE to volunteer on Saturday CLICK HERE to volunteer on Sunday
Office address: 11000 W. McNichols (lower level), Detroit, Michigan 48221 313.345.3663
Office hours: Monday - Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm Office Closed 2:00pm-3:00pm
CLICK HERE to volunteer on Saturday CLICK HERE to volunteer on Sunday
Office address: 11000 W. McNichols (lower level), Detroit, Michigan 48221 313.345.3663
Office hours: Monday - Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm Office Closed 2:00pm-3:00pm
March 8, 2017 General
Membership Meeting 11000 W. McNichols (lower level), Detroit, Michigan 48221 Greetings DBCFSN Family, Malik Yakini Join us for the March general membership meeting of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network this Wednesday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m., 11000 W. McNichols at Meyers. Learn about D-Town Farm Volunteer opportunities, our upcoming membership drive and next week's open house. And of course food and fellowship. Not a member yet! Join this Wednesday. Only $10 annually. Come out and get the latest updates on what's happening in the organization. And as always, bring a friend. Thank you for your participation. DBCFSN Staff “Fostering Community Food Security” 
June 25, 2016 Malik Yakini says!!
Buy produce at D-Town Farm, 14027 W. Outer Drive between Plymouth and W. Chicago, Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. - noon. We've got collards, two types of kale, scallions, romaine lettuce, carrots, and garlic scapes. 
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URBAN ROOTS is the documentary from Tree Media. The film follows the urban farming phenomenon in Detroit. Urban Roots is a timely, moving and inspiring film that speaks to a nation grappling with collapsed industrial towns and the need to forge a sustainable and prosperous future.
GMO A GO GO. A comical look at GMO Foods.
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Join us at The Charles Wright Museum of African American History 315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit, MI 48202 as we celebrate ten years of working for justice and food sovereignty.
Reception and Concert $50.00, Concert Only $25.00. Reception 6:00 - 8:00 PM - Concert Featuring Mama Soul and Tha N.U.T.S is 8:00 - 10:00 PM Purchase tickets or become a sponsor please call 313-345-3663, or visit http://detroitblackfoodsecurity.org 
Dear Supporter of
Food Justice: The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) sincerely appreciates your interest in our very important work towards establishing food justice and food sovereignty in Detroit. Our work is guided by the understanding that access to good, clean, sustainable grown food is a basic human right. As 2015 ends, we’d like to share highlights of our many projects: Programs and Initiatives Healthy Food Complex in Detroit’s North End – Significant steps have been taken toward the building of a multi-use complex which will include, the Detroit People's Food Co-op, a Retail Co-op Grocery Store, an Incubator Kitchen, a Community Meeting Space, a Café and new offices for DBCFSN staff. D-Town Farm - is a seven acre organic farm in Detroit’s Rouge Park. We grow more than 30 different fruits, vegetables and herbs that are sold at farmers markets and to wholesale customers. The farm features four hoop houses for extended-season growing, bee-keeping, large-scale composting, farm tours and an annual harvest festival. 
Food Warriors Youth Development Program - engages young
Detroiters in experiences that teach them about food security and food justice and about the value of gardening, healthy eating and exercise. Ujamaa Food Co-op – a monthly buying club that allows co-op members to obtain healthy food at below retail cost. “What’s for Dinner?” Lecture Series - Currently in its fourth year, the Series features lectures in April, June, August and October that provide Detroiters with in-depth information on food system related issues.
To continue our vital work, we are asking that you make a year-end donation. If you should need assistance with any donation or have questions, please call 313-345-3663 for assistance. 
“OUR GENEROSITY AND ABUNDANCE STARTS FIRST WITH US”
Sincerely Yours for Food Justice & Sovereignty Malik Yakini, Executive Director 3800 Puritan St. | Detroit, MI 48238-1313 | 313.345.3663 info@dbcfsn.org | www.detroitblackfoodsecurity.org D-Town Farm 9th Annual Harvest Festival Sat. Sept. 19 & Sun Sept. 20, 2015, Noon to 6pm.
Be part of a winning team at D-Town Farm!
Fresh locally grown D-Town Farm collard greens are available tomorrow, Saturday, June 13 from 9:00 a.m. - noon at D-Town Farm,14027 W. Outer Drive between Plymouth and W. Chicago. They are priced at $2.50 per 3/4 lb. bunch. Only 50 bunches left!
The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network's 2015 "What's for Dinner? Kick off Lecture - Saturday of April, 18, 2015.
Peace;
The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network's 2015 "What's for Dinner?" Lecture Series is moving to the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Lectures will take place from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on the third Saturdays of April, June, August and October. There is no cost for admission. We are kicking-off the 2015 Series, on April 18, with a lecture by nationally acclaimed author Dr. Jessica B. Harris. Dr. Harris is the author of twelve cookbooks that share recipes from various parts of the African Diaspora. Her latest book, "High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America," is a fascinating read that chronicles the influence of Africa on the foodways of America. Dr. Harris will sign copies of her book immediately following the lecture. The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is located at 315 E. Warren, Detroit, MI 48202. For more information call the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network at 313.345.3663. Please share this e-mail and the attached flier widely. We look forward to seeing you on April 18. Respect, Malik Yakini, Executive Director Detroit Black Community Food Security Network Youth Centered Food Justice Workshop - Sunday Feb 15th
10:30 am - 12:30 pm. DBCFSN Office - 3800 Puritan Det. MI. https://twitter.com/TheBitterSweett 
Peace Peace,
I am reaching out to members of the DBCFSN community and supporters to let them know about a Youth Centered Food Justice workshop we will be holding on Sunday Feb 15th. If you missed the first one we did in December, now is your opportunity to participate. The workshop will be held at the DBCFSN office at 3800 Puritan, from 10:30am-12:30pm. We will take a basic look at the food system as the present, trace our favorite meals from fork to farm, and discuss D-Town Farms Mission and perspective on food. A light breakfast will be served, youth group leaders, and parents, are asked to provide lunch. a rough schedule is below. We are focusing this workshop specifically towards Middle and High school age youth, so if you know any youth groups or individuals who may be interested please fwd them this message, with my contact information, provided below. If you are interested in participating please respond to this email, as an RSVP, with the number of youth you intend to bring with you, by Friday Feb 13th. Hope to hear from you soon, and see you on the 15th. Sunday Feb 15, 10:30am- 12:30pm 10:30am: Open /Breakfast Snacks 10:40am: Ice Breakers 11:00am: Workshop: Your Favorite Meal 11:30pm: Lunch Break- Pot Luck 12:00pm: Discussion: DBCFSN & D-Town Farm 12:30: Close @ 3800 Puritan, DETROIT Ras. A. Diaminah email- ras.a.diaminah@dbcfsn,org txt- 313.428.7274 United Nations: ‘Turn The Water Back On In Detroit’ : 8 | Leave A Comment Oct 21, 2014 By Tonya Pendleton, BlackAmericaWeb.com
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United Nations: ‘Turn The Water Back On In Detroit’ Comments: 8 | Leave A Comment Oct 21, 2014 By Tonya Pendleton, BlackAmericaWeb.com
DETROIT (AP) — United Nations human rights experts described Detroit’s mass water shut-offs as “a man-made perfect storm” Monday and called on city officials to restore water to those unable to pay, including those with disabilities or chronic illnesses.
Meanwhile, Detroit’s officials said the two lawyers’ actions and conclusions were agenda-driven and not based on “facts” about the city’s progress in helping residents keep or regain service. Leilani Farha and Catarina de Albuquerque, who were in town to observe the effect of water service shut-offs, said they affect the poorest and most vulnerable — and particularly discriminate against Detroit’s majority black population. The representatives of the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner made the trip after activists appealed to the U.N. for assistance. They visited residents who have lost water service or have struggled to keep it, and they met with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and water department officials for about two hours Monday morning. The city, the nation’s largest municipality to file for bankruptcy, said it made about 27,000 shut-offs between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30. Most shut-offs were halted for several weeks during the summer to give residents a chance to enter payment plans but they resumed and topped 5,100 in September. The U.N. officials cited falling population, rising unemployment and a utility passing on higher costs associated with an aging system. De Albuquerque said she has seen shut-offs in other U.S. cities and developed nations, but nothing like Detroit. “Our conclusion is that you have here in Detroit a man-made perfect storm,” de Albuquerque said. “The scale of the disconnections in the city is unprecedented.” The mayor’s top aide, Alexis Wiley, said the city is “very disappointed” with the U.N. visit. She said Detroit is helping residents by beefing up customer service, getting 33,000 people in payment plans — up 15,000 since August — and logging a more than 50 percent drop in residential calls for water assistance. 1 2 Next page » Jan. 3, 20014
Growing Power Vertical Farm! Will Allen, Founder Growing Power Inc.
Support DBCFSN Co-op Grocery Store
Posted by: The Michigan Citizen Posted date: June 27, 2013 In: Fresh Ideas | comment : 1 By Malik Yakini Special to the Michigan Citizen Let me be clear. I am anti-capitalism. It is a system that is by nature exploitive and unsustainable. The answers to many of the social problems we face lie in capitalism giving way to a more equitable system of distributing resources that upholds the dignity of all human beings and respects nature. In the meantime, we are faced with the dilemma of how to develop our communities within a system that favors the rich, is racist, sexist and destroys the earth. Within this current system, the best option for building collective community ownership and empowerment is co-operatives. Co-ops can take many forms including credit unions, sellers’ co-ops, producers’ co-ops, worker/owner co-ops and consumer co-ops. The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) is working diligently to open a consumer food co-op store, within the next 24 months, as a way of providing access to healthy food options for Detroiters. The development of that co-op grocery store is guided in part by a feasibility study that was completed last year. The DBCFSN co-op will sell produce, frozen foods, meats and fish, dairy products, canned and packaged foods and household items. We envision a deli/café, community meeting spaces and an incubator kitchen. The co-op will purchase from local growers and food producers, will be green and sustainable, and will be led by African Americans. It will operate from a social justice frame, and will seek to empower Detroiters. Here’s how consumer co-ops work. Let’s take a common product that most people use like toilet paper. Instead of each family buying a couple of four packs of toilet paper each week at retail prices, co-ops aggregate the buying power of multiple members to buy enough toilet paper to be able to purchase it at the wholesale price that retail stores pay. Through buying collectively, co-ops allow consumers to see a savings. The great thing about co-ops is that the members are the owners. The member-owners elect a board of directors and have the opportunity to participate in setting policies. At the end of the year, if the co-op has been profitable, members can decide to pay themselves a share of the profits, to invest the profits in the co-op’s development, to donate money to a worthy community cause or some combination of those three options. Co-ops stand in sharp contrast to the wealth extraction strategies that characterize many of the retail businesses in our community. As in colonial times when European countries viewed the people they colonized as markets, on which they could dump cheap goods, many stores in our communities view us only as a market, a source of profit. And neither provide employment for the people in the neighborhoods in which they operate, or circulate profits to empower and make improvements in those neighborhoods. It is an act of affirming our humanity to declare, through our actions, that we are not merely a market. Co-ops allow us more control over our collective destiny. Instead of being saddled with exploitive economic relationships, we meet our own needs and use our buying power to build strong healthy communities. As we engage in the process of planning and seeking financing to open the co-op grocery store, you can help us build toward that goal by joining the Ujamaa Food-Co-op Buying Club. The buying club is an interim step that allows members to purchase a wide variety of healthy food options including frozen foods, bulk beans and grains, oils, supplements, and household items. At this time, membership is free. DBCFSN will hold a series of 12 community engagement sessions beginning this fall to make Detroiters aware of the concept of food co-ops generally, the plans for DBCFSN’s co-op specifically and to sign up member/owners for the co-op grocery store. Contact DBCFSN to join the Ujamaa Food Buying Club by e-mailing us at coop@detroitblackfood security.org or by calling 313.345.3663. Malik Yakini is the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network and a member of the Detroit Food Policy Council. |
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