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Calabash!… Immigration and Local Farming
A Radio Boston Web Special
Visit almost any farmers’ market around the state, and you’ll find exotic fruits and vegetables from around the world… but grown in Massachusetts. That’s because immigrants are one of the fastest growing groups of new local farmers. Radio Boston’s Meghna Chakrabarti visited a Puerto Rican farming project in Holyoke to find out what it takes to grow hot peppers in puritan soil…
http://www.radioboston.org/in
Maine Public Broadcasting Network's Channel 10 will be airing episode of Maine Watch featuring Somali Bantu farmers in Maine on October 19th at 8:30pm, Saturday Oct 20th at 6:30 pm, and Sunday Oct 21st at 9:30 am. In addition, it will broadcast over radio the next Wednesday at 12:30. It will be streamed on the web at www.mpbn.net.
Please watch and learn more about the Somali Bantu community and CEI’s New American Sustainable Agriculture Project (NASAP) and StartSmart business counseling programs in Lewiston, Maine. Please forward this to anyone that you think may be interested.
Many thanks to Lauren Swain of Mind's Eye Productions for documenting NASAP’s work and making this possible.
Read the latest NESFP news. See Winter 2007 newsletter attached.
The New American Sustainable Agriculture Project Lewiston farmers are highlighted in this article, produced by Heifer. Go to link, below.
Attached is a printable brochure of the 2007 Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA), offered by the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project.
Attached is the press release regarding the November, 2006 Anti-racism training, hosted by NNIFP.
This article, pertaining to the Flats Mentor Farm Project, appeared in the local Lancaster newspaper on June 30th, 2005.
This article covers the involvement of legal immigrants in organized agriculture programs, and features Nuestras Raices and NESFP. It was featured in "Beyond Organic", on 5/24/06.
This article, which appeared in the "Times Record" (a paper serving Mid-Maine), on 8/30/06, features farmers from the New American Sustainable Agriculture Project.
"A World of Possibilities" radio station did a special program entitled "Immigrant Farmers in America". Listen to Suliman Kamara (NESFP Marketing Coordinator) speak about native African crops and the NESFP CSA initiative. Gus Schumacher also speaks on the program.
Visit the site below:
http://www.aworldofpossibilit
