BIPOC Food and Farming Network

03/17/2026

Montgomery County MetroParks Second Street Market is looking for vendors for its outdoor market. The outside market is open every Saturday 9-3 and Sunday 11-3. Cost for vendors are: $46/Sat non-grower & $40/Sat grower and $27/Sun non-grower & $23/Sun grower. Participation is based on vendor availability and is a pay as you go - no season deposit.

Here's a link to our online application and feel free to share the Market number as well

https://www.metroparks.org/about/do-business-with-us/2nd-street-market-vendor-application/

03/16/2026

BFFN Conference chair Jennifer Lumpkin profiled in The Land regarding her My Grow Connect work in Cleveland.
Read more here

A Cleveland-based, BIPOC-owned civic and social organization focused on community engagement and urban agriculture, MGC’s mission is to support the development of sustainable communities through creative relationship building and mindful resource connections.

03/11/2026

03/10/2026

Do you own a farm or food production business in Montgomery, Greene or Clark counties in Ohio? Are you in need of farm equipment, funds for capital improvement or want to improve the soil health or adopt conservation practices for your farm? Project L.L.A.M.A . (Local Land and Market Access) may have a grant to offer that can help.
Please fill out this form
https://forms.gle/VrM7oMVUWyucZksz9

03/03/2026

The Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) is organizing Ohio farmers around a lobbying effort to ensure that the new farm bill protects the interest of Ohio growers. We are anticipating movement on a new farm bill. Tomorrow, March 3, the House Agriculture Committee's markup is scheduled for 5 PM. For more details read OEFFA's recent policy blog.
https://action.oeffa.com/new-farm-bill/?utm_campaign=&emci=4e0a9d5a-8c12-f111-a69a-000d3a57593f&emdi=aecb6415-9015-f111-a69a-000d3a57593f&ceid=7523130

02/25/2026

The BIPOC Food and Farming Network was a co-sponsor of the first-ever local food conference in Montgomery County.

The event brought together participants from across the Miami Valley, connecting local farmers with stores, restaurants, schools, hospitals and other institutions that purchase locally grown food.
The conference focused on building a stronger, more resilient regional food system, one that improves food access while creating economic opportunity for local farmers.

Endigo Herbals and Organics, the Narrow Way Farm and Wholly Grounds Cafe provided local food for the event.

02/17/2026

https://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyles/dayton-native-patty-allen-is-working-to-strengthen-the-miami-valleys-local-food-system/3CQ4E7QN5ZEJPOP7HLW4SOM5II/

Patty Allen keeps farmer’s hours.

02/05/2026

Te'Jal Jarrae Decole Cartwright moderated a panel of folks engaged with food access in our region including Gem City Market (thanks Amaha Sellassie) BIPOC Food and Farming Network (Patty Lynne Allen) Dabriah Rice from 6888 Kitchen Incubator and Mark Willis from the Hall Hunger Initiative!

See you all Thursday for our keynote by Michael W. Twitty and then this weekend for Dayton Opera!

Gratitude to Culture Works and Montgomery County, Ohio Arts and Culture District!

01/30/2026

BFFN is participating in University of Dayton's Food and Culture Festival Feb. 2-5. The keynote will be delivered by the James Beard award-winning culinary historian Michael Twitty on February 5. The event is free but tickets are required for the keynote. BFFN Executive Director, Patty Allen, will also be participating in a panel discussion Growing and Giving: Food, Access and Justice in the Dayton region on February 2.

To purchase tickets please click the link below.

As cold weather persists, the University wants to remind our community about tips for protecting yourself, your residences and your property, plus dealing with winter weather. These will be posted on UD's emergency preparedness and response page, along with updates on weather alerts, event cancellat...

01/23/2026

Patty Lynne Allen the executive director of BFFN (right) and Isabel Brumley of the USDA (left) participated in the Central State University Urban and Small Farm Conference on Friday Jan 23

01/12/2026

Join us Friday, January 23, and Saturday, January 24, for the Urban and Small-Scale Farm Connection Conference!

This gathering is for any researcher, grower, educator, and advocate who is passionate about the future of agriculture. There will also be a kids conference for ages 5-12 during the adults conference.

Both days will take place at Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio. Friday will go from 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM and Saturday will go from 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM.

Register with the link below and for more detail view the flyer below.
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=KHZI3jhahEWLXuTurjDE6qCHDQYXlYxDpDms92HsH1FUNkVGMUJEMFBSVDNTSFBDR0Y5UzlQM1NITS4u&route=shorturl