“A consortium of organizations and individuals have come together to organize New York City’s first Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference. Our mission is to engage people of African descent in critical food and farm-related issues that directly impact health and economic security. Despite a rich and significant farming history in the United States, people of African descent are today grossly underrepresented in the farming population, making up less than 1%. The conference will consist of discussions, workshops, and strategy development focused on food access and distribution, local food production and making connections between rural and urban farming. “