In the State of California, African American farmers make up less than 1/3 of one percent of all the farmers. Nationally, African American farmers make up close to 2.0% of all farmers.
Over the past century, African American farmers have continued to decline at a rate faster than any other race of farmers in the United States.
While African American Farmers have continued to decline, Obesity, within the African American Community has continued to climb.
Mo’ Better Food has since 1998, worked directly with the African American farmers of California to reconnect their produce to the Bay Area through farmers market and other outlets.
