CFFD is a non-profit community development corporation created in 1986. It has 501(c)3 status granted by the IRS and is structured to provide up to seven years of non-profit tax shelter benefits to for profits it creates.
Mission: The CFFD mission is to advocate for economic justice and market equity for Black American farmers and to create sustainable market opportunities for their products.
HISTORY: CFFD, Inc. Focus and Program Highlights
Mission: The CFFD mission is to advocate for economic justice and market equity for Black American farmers and to create sustainable market opportunities for their products.
HISTORY: CFFD, Inc. Focus and Program Highlights
- 1986: The Center for Family Farm Development (CFFD) was founded. It received IRS 501(c)3 status in 1989.
- 1989-1994: With Sen. Paul Coverdell support receives USDA/RB Letter of Intent Grant Award of $170,000.
- 1990-1994: CFFD was selected for Japanese Black American Society Trade Mission, research soybean production for Takano Foods. Further research included field and factory inspection tours of facilities in California. Created market connections for Black American farmers in Georgia.
- 1995: CFFD Board suspends funding activities and mandates volunteer driven, research and advocacy operations until a solid breakthrough into agricultural market development is possible for Black American and African farmers.
- 1995: CFFD Agriculture Trade Mission to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
- 2001: CFFD CEO invited to Kinshasa, DRC Trade Mission, by Agricultural Ministry, DRC and Kimbanguist Church offers farmland for agriculture development in partnership with CFFD.
- 2002: National Black Chamber of Commerce recommends Executive Order strategy to secure full implementation of Pigford vs. Glickman consent decree, April 14, 1999.
- 2003 - 2004: (1) Research and development: Testing of models for direct sales of produce to Black American consumers.
- (2) Advocacy: Black Belt JUBILEE Initiative launched to secure Presidential Executive Order for full implementation of Pigford vs. Glickman consent decree, April 14, 1999.
- 2005: Unsuccessful campaign for letter of Intent to lobby White House by North American Religious Liberty Association, Inc., an affiliate organization of the North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
- 2006: (1) Development of comprehensive business concept for direct sales of fresh produce from Black farmers to consumers.
- (2) CFFD Board authorizes development of first economic development venture based on new business concept: Black Belt JUBILEE Rollout, LP.
- 2007: (1) CFFD White Paper produced: “The Failure of Agriculture Policy: A Call for Presidential Leadership” (2) STO3P/PAC, (Sufficient to Opt Out of Poverty/PAC) created to advocate for full implementation of the provisions of the Pigford v. Glickman consent decree, April 14, 1999.
- 2008: (1) Black Belt JUBILEE Rollout, LP Business Plan written; partnership documents filed with GA Secretary of State and financing and partnership prospects researched. (2) CFFD Board approves fund raising campaign.
- 2009: (1) Invitation to develop Kunzulu Food and Health Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.
- 2010 - 2012: (1) Development of partnership with Fulton County Health Department. Submissions of proposals to federal and county funding sources.
- (2) Created campaign for letter to President Obama in support of full implementation of the Pigford consent decree.
- (3) Work with Miller3Consulting in development of Black Farmers Trust Fund concept.
- 2013 - 2014 Contract with Fulton County GA Health Promotion Initiative to develop public-private partnership that brings fresh produce grown by GA limited resource farmers to Fulton County USDA designated "food deserts", creating a rural-urban economic development and healthy food marketing system that reduces diet related disease, creates jobs and enhances food security in Fulton County and opens urban fresh produce markets for limited resource farmers.