Black Professionals in Food and Agriculture

🌍 Women Financing the Future of Food Freedom Women and children are the face of global hunger. Yet in London this week, the narrative is changing. As Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security (Oct 30) approaches, women leaders from across the continent and the diaspora are gathering to reclaim their economic power — from plate to profit. At the UK–Africa Women in Food & Agribusiness Investment Summit, WANDA Founder & CEO Tambra Raye Stevenson will moderate the panel “Access to Capital: Strategies for Funding,” featuring powerhouse voices in finance, trade, education, and gender equity. This isn’t a feminist agenda — it’s a moral and economic imperative. Because when women control the means of food production and financing, we secure families, stabilize nations, and feed futures. From London’s Mayfair to FAO’s Africa-wide forum on Enhancing Women’s Access to Finance, the message is clear: 💰 Fund women. 🥗 Feed nations. 🌱 Finance peace. Read the full story ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ewg_SNzp Then subscribe to WANDA’s newsletter to follow our global mission connecting women, food, and freedom — from Africa to the Diaspora. ✨ #WANDA #FoodFreedom #WomenInAgriculture #AfricaDay #FoodSecurity #Nutrition #GenderLensInvesting #WomenEntrepreneurs #FoodAsMedicine #DiasporaFinance #FoodSovereignty #WomenInBusiness 🌾

This Thursday, September 25th, WANDA will join the George Washington University Global Food Institute for an important conversation: 🌾 “Rural & Urban Food Sovereignty: Black Communities Taking the Lead” 📍 GWU Science & Engineering Hall, Washington, DC 🕠 5:30–8:00 PM ET Our Founder & CEO, Tambra Raye Stevenson, will deliver the opening remarks, grounding the dialogue in the historical, cultural, and political realities of Black food sovereignty. From the Fulani agricultural legacy of West Africa to the Black cowboy culture and farming towns of Oklahoma like Boley and Rentiesville, Black communities have always fed America—even in the face of systemic oppression, food apartheid, and land dispossession. Today, our resilience, innovation, and leadership continue to shape food futures. This event will bring together farmers, advocates, and policymakers to: ✔️ Uplift the legacy and expertise of Black farmers ✔️ Address systemic barriers to land, capital, and markets ✔️ Highlight community-led innovations across rural and urban landscapes ✔️ Build cross-regional strategies for equity and sustainability We are proud that WANDA’s work—centering Black women and families through food, health, and culture—will set the tone for this critical conversation. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eM6PkB8S #FoodSovereignty #BlackFarmers #FoodJustice #WANDA #FoodDemocracy #Equity

🌱 WANDA is honored to join the conversation on food, health, and justice! Tomorrow, we take the stage at the 11th Annual Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Symposium for the DC Food Justice & Sovereignty Panel: 📅 Friday, September 13 🕚 11:30am–12:35pm 📍 Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel – Baltimore, MD This powerful panel will feature: ✨ Tambra Raye Stevenson, MPH, MA, PhD(c) – Founder & CEO, WANDA: Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics, and Agriculture ✨Ronnie Webb – Executive Director, Green Scheme ✨Joya Wade – Executive Director, Common Good City Farm ✨Makeeda Bandele-Asante – Urban Farmer & Registered Dietitian, The Herbaceous Collective ✨Che Axum – Agronomist, Director of Urban Agriculture, University of the District of Columbia 🎤 Moderated by: ✨Tamara Dickerson – Specialist, Outreach & Engagement, CEEJH INC, Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health — INpowering Communities Together, we will explore how communities in Washington, DC are reclaiming food sovereignty, addressing inequities, and advancing food as medicine and justice. At WANDA, we believe: “Food sovereignty is community sovereignty — and every plate is a place of power.” 💪🏾 Read more on our blog: 👉 https://lnkd.in/e79YNZxE #FoodJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #FoodSovereignty #HealthEquity #WANDA

🌍🍲 Can Africa reduce its $110 billion food import bill in 2025? WANDA is proud to join the African Nutrition Society (ANS) and partners at the Africa Symposium during the 23rd International Congress of Nutrition (IUNS-ICN 2025) in Paris, France. On Thursday, August 28th (11:15 AM – 12:45 PM | Room 341, Palais des Congrès), our Founder, Tambra Raye Stevenson, will serve as a panelist, representing North America for ANS and elevating WANDA’s mission of advancing food as medicine, food sovereignty, and women’s leadership in nutrition and agriculture. The session—“Can Africa reduce the 2025 projected bill of 110 billion USD of food imports?”—will bring together economists, scientists, nutritionists, and food system leaders to chart bold strategies for Africa’s future: ✅ Reducing dependency on imports ✅ Strengthening local food systems ✅ Creating consumer demand for homegrown African foods ✨ This is more than a panel. It’s a call to action for sustainable food and nutrition security across the continent and diaspora. #WANDA #ICN2025 #FoodFreedom #FoodSovereignty #AfricaRising #FoodAsMedicine

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The Senate Agriculture Committee - Democrats has announced its Summer 2025 #internship program. Applications are due Friday, March 21st. #CapitolHill #Policy #Agriculture #Food https://lnkd.in/ecH85Yvg

Tambra Raye Stevenson, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Michigan's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium. Her talk, titled "Food as Freedom," will inaugurate the 2025 Food Literacy for All course, centered on the theme "Food and Care." This hybrid event is part of the annual "Food as Resistance" partnership between Michigan Dining and Food Literacy for All. Tambra, a renowned nutrition educator, policy advisor, and food justice activist, will explore the role of food in liberation and community empowerment. Event Details: Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Location: Michigan Union Ballroom Food Service: Begins at 5:30 PM ET Lecture and Livestream: Start at 6:30 PM ET Following the lecture, there will be a reception featuring dishes that reflect the personal identities and cultures of the Michigan Dining staff. To attend in person, please register through the Food Literacy for All course site. For virtual attendance, access the livestream link provided on the registration page. Join us for an evening of insightful discussion and community connection as we delve into the intersections of food, care, and resistance. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/eSxfp3x5