Recirculating Farms Coalition

06/19/2025

Today is Juneteenth! This is a national holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, announcing the Emancipation Proclamation, more than 2 years after it was signed. The National Museum of African American History and Culture In this three-part series interviewed three experts to learn mor about Juneteenth:

In this curatorial discussion, museum scholars examine the historical significance of the holiday and how it came to be.

05/01/2025

Hey did you see USDA put out their new loan rates?
https://www.fsa.usda.gov/news-events/news/05-01-2025/usda-announces-2025-lending-rates-agricultural-producers?utm_campaign=0501_lendingrates&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced loan interest rates for May 2025, which are effective May 1, 2025. USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help agricultural producers start or expand their farming operation, purchase...

04/22/2025

Happy !! Let's all be extra thoughtful about our people and planet!

04/07/2025

WOW what an amazing Community Health Day! Huge THANKS to everyone who brought services and resources - we all so appreciate you! Luke's House Clinic Ashé Cultural Arts Center Wellness Honie New Orleans Health Department New Orleans Public Library Tulane University Second Harvest Food Bank - Feeding South Louisiana UNITY of Greater New Orleans No Wrap No Tap NOLA Metropolitan Human Services District The Movement Xavier University of Louisiana and more!!

04/04/2025

More great news on the battle against and around the U.S.!

President Donald Trump’s first-term push to open the Gulf of Mexico to fish farming has come to a halt in the early days of his second term.

04/01/2025

Hey - check out our FREE April classes! BIG THANKS to all who offer information and education!! Greater New Orleans Growers' Alliance SPROUT NOLA Love Your City

03/12/2025

Hey check out our free classes for March 2025!

02/18/2025

We just learned that our long time friend and local farmer David Young passed. He created a successful urban farming program in the Lower 9th. He was a beekeeper; aquaponics expert; dog, chicken, and goat dad; and a long time champion of social justice and spirituality. RIP. Learn more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF9w6WReHgE

01/20/2025

In remembrance of the late, great, Dr. MLK JR.

01/17/2025

At age 81, our long time friend and mentor, Billy Causey, passed, but his life's work in protecting oceans, everything in them, and those who love and use them, lives on. RIP. Billhttps://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article298526283.html

He once lived and researched underwater for a week as an ‘Aquanaut’ at Aquarius reef base.

11/11/2024

Free classes at our for November 2024! Please join us!

11/11/2024

Sending thanks to all our Veterans today, especially those in our Vets Ag program at the Bastion Community and friends at the local New Orleans Veterans Medical Center here in . Special shout out to President of the Board Tony Griffith!