Grow An African Diaspora Garden
Closely associated with the cuisines of the American South, soul food is a celebrated feature of mainstream American foodways. Soul food originated with the foods that enslaved Africans in the Americas grew in their gardens along with the discarded foods given to enslaved people by their owners during the Antebellum period.
Through both necessity and creativity, enslaved peoples were able to transform these discarded foods into what some foodies today view as gourmet delicacies. As the United States has become a destination, during the 20th and 2st centuries for many African and Caribbean immigrants, soul food today includes several traditional dishes from the global African diaspora.
View UJAMAA SEEDS offerings by clicking our CARIBBEAN GARDEN, AFRICAN GARDEN, and SOUTHERN SOUL GARDEN links above and consider
growing your own Soul Food Garden.
Happy Lunar New Year
Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is a major celebration marking the start of the lunar calendar. Falling between late January and mid-February, the lunar new year is observed in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and many other countries with significant Chinese communities, and Chinatowns worldwide. Consider planting Asian flowers and or Asian vegetables in your garden.
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Formed in 2021, UJAMAA SEEDS is the entrepreneurial program of the Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance (UCFA). UCFA is a program of STEAM ONWARD, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit organization, organized in the state of Maryland.
The mission of UCFA is to increase diversity in the $15 billion dollar U.S. seed industry. We are committed to providing increased opportunities and support for growers from historically marginalized communities in the area of seed farming. To this end, the UCFA is working to bridge the gap between prospective BIPOC seed growers and seed companies.
