By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO At a time when women-owned businesses are among the fastest growing start-ups in the country, a pair of talented, energetic, and entrepreneurial minded teenagers have found a niche within their community and have launched a catering business specializing in gourmet cupcakes and healthy eats. Erin Bowman, 17, and her […]
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What’s the Greenprint? Ask Beyonce
By LEANNE ITALIE, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — So, what’s all that Greenprint stuff on Beyonce’s Instagram feed? Bey stirred up the beehive Thursday when she advocated plant-based living in a rare social media endorsement. It helped that she also announced to her 123 million followers a sweepstakes for lifetime concert tickets to her shows […]
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Farmer Nell & Doc Cheatham: Freedom Fighters for Food Sovereignty
By Tiffany C. Ginyard, Special to the Afro “We are concerned about the constant use of federal funds to support this most notorious expression of segregation. Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in physical death. I see no alternative to direct […]
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The Government Shutdown: Another Storm for Black Farmers, Cooperatives, and Southern Rural Communities
Written by NNPA Storm-weary Southern Farmers now face fresh economic fears amid a political storm which seems to have no end in sight. While there is no worry about wind or water this time, farmers still recovering from the impacts of Hurricanes Michael and Florence are now feeling the impact of the government shutdown. Atlanta, GA- It was […]
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MD School System Raises Funds For Student Meals During Shutdown
By The Associated Press UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A Maryland school district is raising money to help provide meals for students affected by the partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. The Washington Post reports Prince George’s County Schools interim CEO Monica Goldson announced Thursday that the community can now help pay […]
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Beef-Friendly Nebraska Eyes Regulations On The Word ‘Meat’
By GRANT SCHULTE, Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — More than four months after Missouri became the first U.S. state to regulate the term “meat” on product labels, Nebraska’s powerful farm groups are pushing for similar protection from veggie burgers, tofu dogs and other items that look and taste like real meat. Nebraska lawmakers will […]
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African American Chefs Break the Glass Ceiling in the Culinary World
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The culinary business world is as cut throat as any other. It’s also known as an industry that hasn’t always allowed for much diversity in management and ownership at its higher echelon. However, it appears that African Americans are finally breaking barriers, starring in many kitchens around […]
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Federal Judge Orders Settlement Talks in Soybean Seed Suit
By ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge ordered settlement talks Thursday in a lawsuit filed by Black farmers from Mississippi and Tennessee who claim a company sold them faulty, low-yield soybean seeds because of their race. During a court hearing in Memphis, U.S. District Judge John T. Fowlkes told the […]
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Share Low Carb? Low Fat? What the Latest Dieting Studies Tell Us
By CANDICE CHOI , AP Food & Health Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bacon and black coffee for breakfast, or oatmeal and bananas? If you’re planning to try to lose weight in 2019, you’re sure to find a fierce debate online and among friends and family about how best to do it. It seems like […]
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White House Pastry Chefs Make National Mall in Gingerbread
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The traditional White House gingerbread house isn’t exactly a house this year. It’s a massive, sugary replica of the entire National Mall. The pastry creation — featured at Monday’s unveiling of the White House holiday decorations — required 225 pounds of dough, 25 pounds of chocolate and 20 […]
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Black Chef Says, ‘This Industry Isn’t Easy For Folks Like Us’
By Lenore T. Adkins, AFRO Contributor Jerome Grant, executive chef of Sweet Home Café, the popular restaurant inside the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, has some simple advice when it comes to achieving success as a Black chef: know your stuff. That means understanding the business side of the food industry, how […]
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DCPS Students Throw Down
By Lenore T. Adkins, AFRO Contributor Taahir Kelly may be a track star at Roosevelt High School, but nothing makes his face light up more than when he’s talking about all the cooking he’s done at the school through his culinary arts classes. The high school senior is just one of 300 kids from the D.C. […]