California Kwanzaa "First Fruits" the dawn of a great harvest for Black Agriculture

Sacramento, CA ~ Black Farmers and Rancher are poised at the dawn of a great season of harvests...

California's 81,700 farms and ranches received a record high $37.5 billion for their output last year. California agriculture revenues increased 9 percent for 2010 from the revised 2009 income level of $34.6 billion, according to USDA ~ National Agricultural Statistics Service and Economic Research Service.

California’s Black Agriculture producers today are less than ½ of 1 percent of all farms and ranches, for a plethora of reasons that remain a open secret despite primary source documentation and official data records.

Nationwide, Black Agriculture producers less than 10% of what White Agriculture producers average, by design, mandated in U.S. Agriculture law with the silent consent of many and the chilling ignorance of far too many more.

The fundamental cause and effect of the 1966 Watts Riots remains a lesson to consider during the 45th season of Kwanzaa, the unique “California Grown” holiday celebration, that begins tomorrow, Monday, December 26, 2011 and ends Sunday, January 1, 2012.

The astounding historical documentation of the profound contributions to the California Agriculture industry, made by people of African descent, remains hidden and cloaked in secrecy.

During our nationwide celebration of the 150th anniversary of the United States Department of Agriculture will highlight the origins of the establishment of the “Last Plantation” in America. A new day at the USDA, a department wide multi-agency cultural transformation toward equity and equal opportunity, will be highlighted at Black Agriculture.

In the State of California, named after Queen Califia a warrior queen of African ancestry in the 16th century, supports a splintered, divided and weak record of inclusion of Black Farmers and Ranchers in the vast bounty of the #1 agriculture industry.

The amazing contributions from people of African descent is the firm foundation to establish a new paradigm that embraces cultural identification, technical education and environmental justice producing job creation and career development for a vast community suffering from epidemic health care outcomes because a lack of cognition and connection to authentic Black civilization.

The “Faith to Farm” is demonstrated at our 13th Annual, California Kwanzaa Ag Expo Unity Celebration, highlighting the amazing journey of Tarlesson Farms, Capay Valley, California.

The past, present and future of Black Agriculture in California, leading the entire United States of America and beyond is a parallel path of our “first fruits of the harvest celebration,” Kwanzaa.

The journey of the founder of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga, born on a Maryland Farm near Ocean City, MD on the Atlantic coast to the Santa Monica, California first public celebration of Kwanzaa is a personal journey of discovery merging the best of ancient African traditions with the best of modern appropriate technology.

Agriculture is the foundation of Black Culture, a faith-based tradition grounded in the historical tradition the great unifying prophecy's of Moses, incorporating the ancient agriculture wisdom of ancient Nile Valley Civilizations into modern day faith based systems.

Our new paradigm builds upon this solid rock, utilizing seed faith sown, it now the season of harvest for Black Agriculture.