Pittsburgh’s Black farmers work to grow a new future
Featured in NEXT pittsburgh: FARMING. Black farmers are not a new thing. My Goddaughter Raqueeb Bey and I work together to end food poverty in Pittsburgh through farming and gardening. Ian Kriebel (left), an Army veteran and lover of fruit, purchased green apples from the weekly farmers market organized by Ebony Lunsford-Evans, owner of FarmerGirlEB in the West End. All photos by Brian Cook. Pittsburgh’s Black farmers work to grow a new future Pittsburgh Media Partnership September 11, 2020 Current Features , Features , Latest News This story was produced as part of a collaborative reporting project by the Pittsburgh Media Partnership. Learn more about our partners in the collaborative and help support the work at thebigstorypgh.com. By Hal B. Klein In March and April, as the novel coronavirus pandemic took hold of the region, the program Ebony Lunsford-Evans designed to teach gardening to seniors on the North...