07/24/2012 - 05:02
THE VILLAGE OF HARLEM, NY -- A newspaper commentator in the 1700s remarked that one of the favorite pastimes of free Negroes in Manhattan was the Sunday stroll.
07/18/2012 - 14:23
NEW YORK CITY -- "This garden is really showing progress."
Given the professorial tone, I was stunned to turn around to hear the words coming from a cherub-faced pre-teen.
"I remember three years ago, this lot was nothing but dirt and abandoned furniture." I gathered my thoughts enough to ask if he was one of the gardeners.
07/10/2012 - 21:55
NEW YORK -- The Honorable Audrey Rowe, Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service in the U.S. Department of Agriculure, joins other members of the 50 Top Names in Black Food on Aug. 1 at the Schomburg Center in Harlem to discuss the business opportunities from improving nutrition in food deserts.
BlackRestaurant.NET hosts the first 50 Top Names in Black Food as the opening event of the 9th National Black Business Month. Earlier in the day, "the Queen of Soul Food", Sylvia Woods holds the second day of her Golden Anniversary.
National Black Business Month advocates visiting at least one black-owned business each day of August, with a suggested industry sector each day of the month. On Wednesday, Aug. 1, we encourage visits to African-American food service businesses ranging from farmers to restaurants to manufacturers around the nation.
FNS provides children and needy families with better access to food and a more healthful diet through its 15 nutrition assistance programs and nutrition education efforts.
She brings to the Federal government over 20 years of experience in human services policy development, fiscal management, program design, service delivery and marketing with a particular focus on vulnerable populations, low income women, children and youth.
Most recently, Rowe served as Deputy Administrator for Special Nutrition Programs at FNS, leading the effort to pass the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, the legislative centerpiece of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative to end childhood obesity in a generation.
06/29/2012 - 15:42
HARLEM -- The Queen of Soul Food, Sylvia Woods and family, celebrate their 50th anniversary as "the world's kitchen" with a community breakfast and parade at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1 in the heart of Harlem.
06/04/2012 - 02:38
CHICAGO -- Before KFC or McDonalds spread across the land, Harold's Chicken Shack was developing a reputation across the Midwest -- now in more than 50 restaurants as far away as Las Vegas.
Quentin Love has even bigger aspirations, with multiple restaurant concepts from his I Love Food Group. Both chains are part of the 50 Top Names in Black Food, being marked on Aug. 1, the first day of National Black Business Month, in Harlem.
04/20/2012 - 15:46
NEW YORK -- B. Smith's New York City offers a reservation-only discount package for patrons of the new Broadway drama Tennessee Williams' Streetcar Named Desire.
04/16/2012 - 21:02
MONTGOMERY -- The $1.25 billion settlement for African-American farmers in the Pigford II case has a filing deadline of May 11 for potential claimants to file applications.
04/10/2012 - 21:36
NEWTON, GA -- Local farmer Cornelius Key and other members of the burgeoning Flint River Cooperative are helping put Newton on the map as the birthplace of Glory Foods’ collard greens.
