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Brand Storytelling

Branding strategies BFN applied to position farmer Sedrick Rowe for national exposure [checklist]

Candace Dantes - December 17, 2020

Georgia farmer Sedrick Rowe grows crops as if they’re an outdoor art. His green thumb is simply genius. And he’s one of only a...

Agribusiness

Female farmer produces hemp history in South Georgia

Candace Dantes - September 28, 2020

She pushes. He pulls. They both use their bodyweight to heave the makeshift hemp seed dispenser across lumpier soil. Sweat scampers down their melanin-filled...

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Black Farmers' NetworkChanging the narrative of the black belt farmer

Black Farmers’ Network (BFN) is a site for rural, African-American farmers to share stories, products and services in a now digital-driven economy. In an effort to change the narrative of Rural America, the network also documents the agribusiness successes of these first-year to centennial farmers — farmers who have had to confront a discriminating history for centuries in America’s Black Belt Region. BFN formed to not only report on these experiences but provide 21st-century marketing and branding strategies to help their rural enterprises grow and sustain online.