A Farming & Wellness Cooperative
"Your Liberation is intrinsically tied to my liberation"
- A.MenRa
What is 'Back To Black'?
Back to Black is a Workers Cooperative that includes a educational youth farm, food bank, health & wellness products & a consultancy that serves people of color across the diaspora. Back to Black is a social enterprise of Lady Day’s Enterprise and Artrepreneurship.
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Back to Black's goal is to educate, and partner with people of color to alleviate the economic disparity by returning to indigenous social structures and means of entrepreneurship to eradicate poverty. Back to Black grows and packages food and goods for distribution through a network of service agencies and programs that serve our target population groups.
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Our services includes an educational youth farm, food box programs, a line of health and wellness products, indigenous principle centered education programs. These education programs focus on identity & mental health, financial literacy , indigenous farming practices, nutrition, exercise, and healthy cooking practices. Back to Black relies on the support of entrepreneurs & the people it partners with, as well as from the local and global community, charitable organizations and corporate sponsorship.
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Are you a person of color passionate about organically growing plants, herbs, and vegetables to heal your community? Familiar with indigenous and contemporary growing practices? Do you enjoy facilitating lessons in agriculture, wellness, culinary skills, and/or social entrepreneurship with youth and elders?
Love to throw down in the kitchen as a chef of wholesome meals and beverages or herbal medicine? Do you connect with the Earth and ecosystems in a spiritual way? Are you a craftsman or maker which uses traditional practices?
Or, are you passionate about all of the above but enjoy administrative tasks such as public relations and community outreach or sales and marketing?
Back to Black Cooperative is looking for you! We’re seeking partners who specialize in one or a few of the above and would like to grow a self-sufficient agricultural-based cooperative. If you or your small business are interested in being apart of an African & Indigenous centered space and engage in cooperative economics for financial stability please contact BackToBlackNYC@Gmail.com here. Let’s build & grow!
