Great Ancestors
This great ancestor is famous for the many uses he found for the peanut. But he was revolutionary in soil regeneration methods and liked to paint!
Who is George Washington Carver?
Once food is harvested, it must go through this process before being sold.
What is washing and packing?
This is another term for farmers and people who take care of the earth.
What is a land steward?
This Kwanzaa principle is the name of one of our staff members and also, means faith.
What is Imani?
These are the three major programs of OurSpace World.
What is The Ujima Initiative, Calabash and Teach 22?
This great ancestor is famous for penning the line, "There is no culture without agriculture."
Who is Baba Oduno Tarik?
It may be beautiful, but this polkadot ladybug lookalike is detrimental to crops.
What is the harlequin beetle?
Farming sugar was the impetus to the brutal trade of enslaved Africans in the Americas- but this crop was key in funding American Chattel Slavery.
What is cotton?
What is January 1?
This staff person is not only our admin queen and right hand to Aita, but she's also a Scorpio!
Who is Tiffany?
Many use water to plants to offer libation to our ancestors. This other liquid is also common in ritual.
What is liquor/ gin and/or rum?
This organization is responsible for the governance of agriculture in the United States.
What is the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)?
This local food business, aggregates produce & added value goods then delivers them to homes in the DMV.
What is People's Food Market?
Three colors are used for the kinara candle coincide with the colors in the Pan African flag. This is what the colors are and what they represent.
What is red for the blood, green for the land and black for the people?
These are 3 conferences OurSpace World went on this year.
What is Big Green, BUGS, The BlackOut, or Elevate Initiative?
This great ancestor was born on February 5th,
1920, in Montgomery, Alabama. She was a
mama, chef, and activist who became a hero
of the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Georgia Gilmore?
This collective and business model is controlled by -- and operate for the benefit of -- their members.
What is a co-operative?
This plant will not feed anyone but is very very pretty and usually sells well at farmers' markets.
What are flowers?
This great man invented Kwanzaa as a holiday for Black American peoples.
Who is Dr. Maulana Karenga?
What is acupuncture?
September marked the 100th anniversary of this great ancestor's birth.
Who is AmÃlcar Cabra?
The Ujima crew is tasked with planting garlic 6 inches apart, 3 rows, in a 100 foot beds. They have 10 beds. This is how many cloves they've planted.
What is 6,000 cloves?
This local farming organization grows indigo, marigold and other crops to use for dying natural fabrics.
What is Blue Light Junction?
This is the year Kwanzaa was invented, just one year after Malcolm X was assassinated.
What is 1966?
What is a 10 year anniversary?