As we reflect the light of this week's full moon, we give thanks for all the ways the land nourishes us: the bounty of a summer harvest, the miracle of witnessing a seed grow, the ancestral and community relations that are deepened when we put our hands in the earth. It’s a time to honor the spirits of these lands, the farmers and land stewards, and to deepen solidarity with our indigenous family as we strengthen our collective calls for sovereignty, decolonization, and #landback.

Tomorrow evening the AMP Seeds Series is excited to invite you to  “Community Nourishment: A ‘Gather’ Film Screening” from 7-9 pm at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit as we explore how indigenous activists are repairing lineages lost to colonization by restoring Native food and agriculture systems. Join us for a food presentation weaving indigenous foodways from Wawiyaatanong (Detroit) to the Western Apache Tribes followed by a very special screening of Gather, a 2020 film uplifting the growing and vast food sovereignty movement of Native Americans across Turtle Island.

Stay after the film to hear from Gather chefs and activists Twila Cassadore and Nephi Craig alongside local food sovereignty activist and farmer Kirsten Kirby-Shoote as they reclaim and heal their spiritual, political, and cultural identities by growing and foraging food. This panel will be moderated by Black agrarian activist and Detroit farmer shakara tyler.

Register for the event here!

Donate to Leilú Gardens

Leilú Gardens is a land-based food sovereignty project with the intention of providing traditional food and medicine to Detroit’s urban Indigenous community. This work aims to reconnect our nourishment to the land, help heal intergenerational trauma through plant relatives, and educate a broader audience on the importance of Indigenous foodways.

“Thus far, we’ve acquired a land base, hoophouse and various agricultural resources for Leilú through crowdfunding. 2023 has been their first official growing season. We have a small no-cost CSA program taking shape with plans to root deeper and expand our offerings next season. We’re also hoping to put together container gardens full of medicinal plants for people to tend at home in the spring. Any ongoing support for these projects are greatly appreciated!!”

Become a member of the Detroit Food Co-Op

Go to the DPFC website to join the co-op. You can pay the lifetime $200 per person fee at one time or spacing out the payments monthly until paid off. Currently, there are over 1,700 member/owners of the DPFC. It’s not too late to join. Membership is open to any Michigan resident, age 21 and up. Contact DPFC at [email protected] or call 833-373-2313.

Donate to the Black Farmer Land Fund 

Black Farmer Land Fund a coalition of 3 long-standing Detroit urban farming organizations with a collective mission to rebuild inter-generational land ownership for Black Farmers in Detroit: The Detroit Black Food Security Network (DBCFSN), Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, and Keep Growing Detroit. Donate today to support this movement.

The theme of Afrofuture Fest 2023 is Communal Sufficiency. Join us as we celebrate African Liberation by uplifting our existence outside the realms of capitalist infrastructure. All proceeds go to Feedom Freedom Growers and supports our farm, wellness, political education, and organizing programming. 

For more info on FFG, view our latest documentary produced by Visionary Organizing Lab.

Save the date for our last Seeds event of the season!
 

Waging Love: Building an Environmentally Just Detroit 

September 14th, 2023 | 7:00 PM | LOVE Building

From summer floods to widespread power outages, all Detroiters are impacted by the escalating climate crisis and unjust environmental policies facing our city. This community panel will bring together an intergenerational coalition of organizers from Detroit’s environmental & climate justice movements dedicated to amplifying the solutions we need to ensure safety and equity for all.  Rooting in Detroit activist and water warrior Charity Mahouna Hicks’ call to “wage love,” we’ll share fellowship, strategies, healing, and visions for an environmentally just Detroit. 

Cinema Detroit x New Center Park! Grab a chair or blanket and join us at New Center Park for two of our favorite films. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. and the films start at dusk. 

- MOONRISE KINGDOM — Tuesday, August 08