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Subject: Meet the Panelists

Date: February 24, 2021 at 5:15:11 PM EST

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Tune in tomorrow to listen to the lived experiences of these panelists and learn more about the efforts to change the systemic discrimination experienced by Black farmers in the United States. Meet our panelists! Tepfirah Rushdan Tepfirah Rushdan, known affectionately as Tee, is a Co-Director at Keep Growing Detroit. Tee is a native Detroiter that is passionate about serving the community. She has combined her love for people and nature through various environmental projects in Detroit including developing conservation skills in youth, vacant land remediation, youth and adult farmer training programs, wild edible walks, community gardening and climate change and resiliency research. Norris Stephens Norris Stephens owns Good Medicine Farm in Milan, Michigan. He is a second generation farmer who grew up in Romulus, Michigan, and he has been a vendor at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market since 1989. Although he started helping out on his parents’ farm as a 10 year old kid, Norris attributes his love of gardening to his grandparents who “always had a garden.”  Alex Ball Alex Ball is the owner/farm manager of Old City Acres, which is located in Sumpter, Michigan. He started the farm in 2013 with the simple goal of growing high quality food for those in his local community. Alex’s main focus and goal is providing the freshest, tastiest, and most nutrient dense food possible to the local south east Michigan community 12 months of the year. He has been a vendor at the Ypsilanti Farmers Market since 2019. Jesse Raudenbush Jesse Raudenbush is the owner of Starr Valley Farms in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Farmer Jesse has been worm farming for 40 yrs and attributes his life in agriculture to his late Grandmother, Maggie Pipkins. Jesse is an Advanced Master Gardener and certified Michigan Master Composter while also being an instructor for the long running composting educational program. Jesse has been a member of Project Grow Community Gardens' Board of Directors for nearly a decade where he helps to offer composting, gardening and farming knowledge to the community at large. The zoom link for the webinar will be sent to registrants tomorrow. Register at the link below. Click here to register for Justice for Black Farmers: A Local Perspective "If you want a far-reaching effect for your dollar, investing in Growing Hope is like dropping a stone in water - the ripple effect is widespread." - Growing Hope Volunteer Give Today  ‌  ‌

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