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Corbin Hill Food Project outlines plans to boost Black and Brown growers, opens Harlem space in April
Summary
Corbin Hill Food Project executive director Ishmael Samad said the nonprofit is building an 'emancipated supply chain' to expand market access for Black and Brown growers, launching a permanent Harlem farm-stand at 140th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in April and offering Food Is Medicine, farm-share and skill-share programs.
Ishmael Samad, executive director of Corbin Hill Food Project, said the nonprofit is expanding efforts to connect Black and Brown growers to New York City markets and to give communities dignified access to healthy food. He announced a permanent Corbin Hill site in Harlem at 140th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard that the organization expects to open in April.
Corbin Hill, which Samad said has operated in New York for about 11 years and was founded by Dennis Derrick, works with a coalition of partner groups to support what Samad called a "black farmer ecosystem." He said that coalition…
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