4-TK CAf.CUNA TIKK-SATUHDAY, MAY 15, 1S8
Shoppors Purchase Tons Of Pros h Food
By Donald Alderman
About . 8 a.m. last
Saturday, hundreds of.
- people began coming to
Operation Breakthrough
on Umstead , Street to
buy strawberries for 75
a pint, turnips for 75t a
bunch, sweet yellow corn
the production of the'
produce,-transporting it
from the fields, and the
marketing and distribu
tion of the produce to
consumers. Owners,
would be in the form of
cooperatives or groups
of consumers and pro-
p i ' .."r.,-'
f ; Hi'
"f f'"'"l " II ' ill I tjLm
Breakthrough, in setting i
up a market for the pro-:
duce. If the local groups
can put out the word and
get enough buyers out to
make the day successful,
then Ag Teams will buy
produce and sell it at
least 35 per cent below
s inc.
soject -
r
'Agencies dwindle (Ag
Teams is . one):
Kumanyika says;'" being
able to provide more ser
vices to 'more ,, com- ,
munities becomes, para
mount. ; ,
That's .when the com
munity's, role becomes'.
' crucial. ,
' The formation of
cooperatives,- ' food
systems' 1 owned- and
operated 1 and ' used , by
consumers 1 and pro
ducers, must grow
tremendously to combat
world food shortages
that often make 'for
higher food prices Pro-'
jects such as the farm to
market then would pro
vide - ready markets for
cooperatives, v ; So the
'i
ad "1
Market Day
Shoppers
for I2C an car and
squash for 42C a pound.
They ialso bought turnip
greens, col lards,-, apples
and 01 her farm fresh
fruits and vegetables.
In : the poverty
agency's back parking
lot, about twenty
volunteers and other
workers hustled busily
with bags, crated and ice,
Some unloaded produce
from a tractor-trailer
truck parked with its
motor idling about twen
ty feet from foodrladen
tables.
It was the second Peo
ple's Market Day in the!
state this season, spon
sored by Agricultural
Teams, Inc. An Ag
Teams official called
Durham's Market . Pay
the best by far.' -' .-
Ag Teams, a jnon pro-
111 jiu)fiiji, ..
tracts with small farmers '
throughout . ' the
Southeast to locate and
arrange '.consumer
markets , for - their
A long line of Durhamites lined up last Saturday
to buy farm fresh vegetable and fruit during
Durham's first Pcople'v Market Day this season.
Hie sale-a-lhon sold annul 35.00(1 pounds of food at
prices thai reportedly averaged about 35 percent
helow local retail prices.
supermarket prices.
That, in a nutshcll.isthe
farih to market project.
According to officials,
the project works well 1
Ac Teams' most visible and .'such'1 ; farm
program is the farm to cooperative movements
duccrs that would own
the system, using it to
their mutual benefit.
But consultation ser
vices notwithstanding,
market project.
Starting with the idea
of selling produce at
least 33 per cent below
retail, Ag Teams con
tracts to buy produce
with farmers in 1 rural '
counties. The contract
stipulates that farmers
jilant a specified number
of pounds of produce
that Ag Teams will buy.
When harvest times
come around, Ag Teams
purchases the produce
and trucks it from the
farm directly to buyers
In between those two
events, Ag Teams work
ed with community
Organizations, including
churches and groups that
work with low income
persons such as
Durham's Operation
are on the upsurge, but
being a product of small
farmers', cooperatives'
problems i are basically
identical to those of the
farmers. These include
the . lack ; of ; investment
capital, the lack of alter
native financial sources
and inadequate training
and technology to in
crease agricultural pro
ductivity. ''The problem now,"
say Kumanyika. "is that
we are not able to carry
produce every place that
wants or need it. We
would . need '. more
refrigerated trucks, more
staff '-'or simply niorc
money that " we now
don't have."
As federal funds for
Community Service
vegetables and fruit. The 1 The first black newspaper was Freedom's Journal, which
"market days" arc well began , publishing in March 1827 in New York City.
organized efforts to get ' ; . . .
the farm fresh produce
to the people.
Formed; : in . Ithaca.
New . York, 'Ag Teams'
moved its national head-'
quarters to Raleigh; in
September. 1980. The
organization's main ser
vice is helping ; small
farmers with 'crop pro
duction,, livestock pro
duction, farm manage
ment . market ing, food
processing, ': ' farm
engineering, nutrition
and cooperative develop-'
mcnt .
Officials say such sen
vices arc important
because poor, small and
black farmers often
lahtfr planting crops
without ,)lic technology
thai would make farm
ing efficient 7. or cost
effective: , . . , '
; The ultimate idea, ac
cording to Ag Teams e
ecul ive director Makaa
Kumanyikiu " is : t
develop , IVmhI... produce
systems that are con! roll-,
ed totally by 'com
munities. Tluil includes
PROPOSED STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND
PROPOSED USE OF FUNDS
The Community Development Block Grant Program provides funds for
the purpose of revitalizing deteriorated low and moderate income
neighborhoods. The goal of neighborhood revitalization is to be ac
complished through a concentrated approach that addresses a
neighborhoods housing; public facility, economic development and
' land use needs . .The proposed objectives of Durhams Community
Development Program follow: : . -
1. To encourage the rehabilitation of deteriorated housing ,
. through a Housing Rehabilitation Program providing'
financial and technical assistance to property owners in '
designated neighborhoods: .
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. 2, To provide public improvements (I.e. streets, sidewalks,
water and sewer utilities parks, etc.) in designated
neighborhoods when necessary to support other '
neighborhood improvement activities such as housing -.
rehabilitation and new development:
3 To eliminate blighted conditions when such conditions
threaten neighborhood viability and stability: and
4..T0 encourage economic development through
neighborhood commercial revitalization activities and
other efforts to foster the expansion of employment oppor
tunilies for low and moderate income persons.
PROJECTED USE OF 1982-83 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS
The City proposes to allocate $1 .958,000 1982-83 Community Develop
ment Block Grant and $238,283 in carryover surplus funds from
previous grants to the following activities:
ECSU
(( itlllilllk'll llillll I'il'V )
Carolina General
Assembly, Judge Erwin.
is also currently a
member 1 of ' the Penal
Study Commission, a life'
member of the. North
Carolina - PTA, " a
member of the Bar of the
U.S. Supreme Court,
and a member of the
State and Forsyth Coun
ty Bar Associations. ,.v
The historic moment
of the Ninety-Sixth
Commencement will oc
cur when the Color
',Ciuard of ECSU's first
year Army ROTC unit
presents the colors.' The
Commencement also
marks a decade since
ECSU became a Consti
tuent. Institution of the
. University of North
, Carolina System,, This
year,, Dr. Roy Carroll,
vice president for Plann
: ing, UNC General Ad
,; ministration, will repre
sent the system during
the ceremonies.
St. Theresa Neighborhood Strategy Area
Real Estate Acquisition $ 162,382
. Site Clearance , : . 45,862
Relocation Clearance ' . 197,313
Public Improvements ' 474,330
St. Theresa Activities Total
S 879.887
North AlbrightCalvin Street Neighborhood Strategy Area
Housing Rehabilitation . : $ 165,886
North AlbrightCalvin Street Activities Total
Crest Street Target Area
Housing Rehabilitation '
Crest Street Activities Total
Edgemont Target Area
Housing Rehabilitation
Edgemont Activities Total
NelghborlMOd Housing Services
Housing Rehabilitation . v;
NHS Activities Total
$ 208.922
$ 349.692
$ 165.886
$ 208,922
$ 349.692
Old North Durham
$ 20.000
$ 20,000
Citywhte Emergency Housing Repair V'- .
Housing Rehabilitation , $ 59.303
NHS Activities Total ' $ 59,303
Planning and Management $ 391,600
Cwtlngency S 120.993
Total Proposed 1982-83 Community Development
Activities , 1 $2,196,283 '
The Durham City Council will hold a public hearing on the PROPOSED
1982-83 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM on Monday, May 17,
' at 7:30 p.M. m the City Council Chamber In City Hall. Planning and
Community Development Department staff will present their recom
mended 1982-85 Community Development Plan and 1982-83 Com
munity Development Program and the proposed 1982-85 Community
Development Plan can be obtained from the Planning and Community
Development at City Hall or by calling 683-4137. -v '
The Carolina Times: May 15, 1982 ,"
: marketed about ' : 1.5
million pounds of pro
duce iast fiscal year
mostly in the southern
f U.S., including Atlanta,
Miami, Youngstown and
Indianapolis. ,
"Ag Teams also provid
ed technical assistance to
200 limited- income
farmers, and organized
several,- . consumer
cooperatives. '
In North Carolina, the
group works closely with
the Franks "; Porter
Graham Center near
Wadesboro in Anson
County. The ten-year-old
center is a non-profit
demonstration farm and
educational i center,
specializing in providing
a market for crops other
Alamance, Caswell and
Orange ; counties.
. Already, according to
officials, over 150 small '
farmers , f from those
counties have signed
contracts 1 to ' produce :
crops for Ag Teams.
Farmers are paid from
a revolving fund which is
replenished after market
days. According to the
'financial statement en- five-member board of.,
ding July '81, the revolv- directors, an eight
ing " fund contained member staff and an ad
$11,950. . ' - visory board of 17 per-'
' ' Ag Teams', income in-. sons,
eluded . erants ' in
cluding one . from the
federal Community Ser
vices Administration
donations and savings
interest for a total of
$297,5. Expenses
ranged from : printing
and legal costs to
meetings and travel ex
penses for a deficit of
$7,933.. ,
The corporation has a -
Visits In
High Point
Mrs. Florence Daniels
of v Durham spent iwo
weeks ln High Point
recently, visiting with
friends and her sister and
brother, J.T. Covington
and Mrs. Ella Williams.
whole idea, according to " than tobacco.
Ag Teams officials.
evolves around the will
ingness of communities
to be self-reliant, work
ing together to combat
food shortages and help
ing farmers make a de-'"
cent living and' maintain
control of land. " '
. Although S many
wrinkles remain to be ?
ironed-, out, Ag Teams
realized much success in
fiscal 8l (August 1, 1980
to July 31, 1981) and ex
pects even greater suc
cess in the future.
According to the an
nual report, Ag Teams
Operated by the Na
tional Sharecroppers and
Rural ; , Achievement
Fund, the center helps
communities form : co
ops. One such co-op is '
the t United Small
Farmers Community
Development Co-op that -last
year, with the .
-packaging and trucking
help of Ag Teams, sold
20,000 pounds of pro
duce turnip and
mustard greens at two .
sites in Atlanta.
In the state, Ag Teams
also plans to work close
ly ; with farmers in
Coming Soon: More Money For You
What every black man and woman needs to know about money
How lo maintain a positive money-making attitude in spite of racism
. How to become financially independent
How to straighten out bad credit - - - -
How to form a fortune building team .''
How to turnr your 'car or home into a tax write-off -
How to legally avoid paying high taxes .
How to buy a house with no money down
' How to buy your next car for cash
How to develop a real estate base
How to property finance your business
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