Federation History
Hearing from Wendell Paris
Federation (2009)

2012 Census of Agriculture
Information
2017 Agriculture Census Upcoming
Farmers should sign up for census forms

Black Farmer Census Information
in the following states:

Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina

Black Farmers:
Historical Studies and information
about the
Black Farmer Lawsuit

May 2017

Job Announcements
at the Federation

Adminstrative Assistant

Forestry Outreach Specialist

April 2017

"In the Field with Farmer Ben Burkett"

March 2017

Click here for video of the Federation's Urban Agriculture work in Birmingham, Alabama
"Heathy Food Options in the City"

John & Carol Zippert honored with induction
into "Co-op Hall of Fame"

Rainge Tapped to Lead 'Land Retention and Advocacy' for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/ Land Assistance Fund

January 2017

Kathy Ozer: A long time colleague and supporter
We mourn her passing

Position Announcement: Cooperative
Development Specialist in South Carolina

December 2016

Federation steps in to halt
Wendy Hills foreclosure

October 2016

Federation receives $185,000 from the
Small Business Administration (SBA)

For Cooperative
Development Assistance
with Low-Income Entrepreneurs

August- September 2016

Federation/LAF Signs MOU with
USDA Forest Service, NRCS and
National Agroforestry Center

June 2016

Melbah Smith: In The News
A Road Up:
Rural roots led to Melbah Smith’s
life-long devotion to co-ops
(Rural Cooperatives: June 2016)

May 2016

Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Ph.D.
Inducted into the
2016 Hall of Fame Ceremony

February 2016

Executive Director Cornelius Blanding speaking at White House Panel
(2nd from rgt)

.2016 Agricultural Outlook Forum:
How Land Tenure & Transition Can
Transform the Rural Economy