Conversation Circle: Aquaculture & Urban Agriculture During Climate Crises at the National Museum of American History

Imani Black is a scientist, entrepreneur, oyster farmer, and community advocate in the Chesapeake Bay region. She established an organization, Minorities in Aquaculture, to increase opportunities for maritime workers of color and to increase the volume of oysters available for food. As environmental changes affect the wild population of oysters in the bay, oyster farming has become an important and viable alternative and Imani Black's organization represents the future of oysters in the region. Equally significant is the work of Qiana Mickie, who is helping urban growers transform New York City’s foodscape as the city’s first executive director of the Office of Urban Agriculture. Combining policy with community advocacy, she’s not only helping to build a more equitable food system, but a more sustainable and environmentally conscious one by creating living-wage jobs, sequestering carbon in the soil, and increasing access to nutrient-dense foods. Join Black and Mickie as they weave together stories from land and sea and discuss the ways in which their work overlaps, intersects, and provides exciting and thoughtful models for the future of food. To register for this event, click here.