Fighting To Save Black-Owned Land Since 1967 With Cooperatives Update September 12, 2016
ABOUT COOPERATIVES Co-ops are the best people development institutions you can have.... Ray Marshall 1992
ARTICLES ON COOPERATIVES • Impact of Cooperatives on the United States Economy • How Successful Cooperative Economic Models Can Work Wonderfully • Early History of Cooperatives in Black America _____________ How to Start a Cooperative and Cooperative Marketing
Federation History Hearing from Wendell Paris Federation (2009)
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)
____ Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Ph.D.
Inducted into the 2016 Hall of Fame Ceremony May 4th, 2016
____ Executive Director Cornelius Blanding speaking at White House Panel - February 2016 (2nd from rgt)
.2016 Agricultural Outlook Forum: How Land Tenure & Transition Can Transform the Rural Economy
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 ____ Additional Ongoing Issues
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CORNELIUS BLANDING His first address as Executive Director of the Federation/LAF
48th Anniversary in Epes, Alabama August 15, 2015
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2015 Annual Report Click here for the 2015 Annual Report
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