Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF

a cooperative association of Black farmers, landowners, and cooperatives

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

In honor of Charles O. Prejean, our founding Executive Director, the Federation offices will be closed Tues, Aug 26, as we #celebrate his life & #legacy. We pause with gratitude for his vision & leadership.
Read John Zippert's Tribute to Charles: https://t.co/hfXOhDBNKL #fsclaf

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

🚜 Meet our newest fleet addition at the Federation’s 1,100-acre Rural Training & Research Center in Epes, AL — a side-by-side utility vehicle! It’ll help us navigate forestry demo sites, support prescribed burns, and transport members, staff, & gear across the land. #FSCALAF

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

🌱Register >>>https://t.co/hYmL8XrHHP & attend our 42nd #Georgia Farmers Conference this coming Friday! Join us in Albany for a day of educational workshops on #cooperative development, land retention, #forestry management & more. #fsclaf

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

Join the Federation for virtual training on cooperative development next Wednesday at 6:30 PM EST🌟 Gain insights into board roles, responsibilities, and effective #governance practices.
Register now: https://t.co/i7rMImrKzm
📢 Let’s strengthen #cooperatives across the South!

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

🌟 Kicking Off 2025 in South Carolina! 🌟
FSC/LAF staff gathered for strategic planning, deep-diving into how we will continue to uplift and serve our membership of #BlackFarmers, landowners, and cooperatives.
#FSCLAFStaff2025 #CooperativeDevelopment #LandRetention #Advocacy

[Hank Sanders @SenHankSanders]

We have many opportunities to start over. Each new day is an opportunity to start over, but there’s nothing like a whole year to start over. New Year’s provides that opportunity. Let's join hands, hearts & spirits to start over this new year. Have a great start over & great year!

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

#happynewyear🌱 Cheers to a prosperous & abundant 2025! from all of us at the Federation!✨
Here's to a year of:
🌾 Holding on to your land with a clear title
💰 Earning a profit while farming
🌿 Eating healthy food
💚 Building self-supporting cooperative communities
#fsclaf

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

The Federation salutes #Florida landowner member James Wideman. He owns heirs' property and looks forward to receiving #fsclaf technical assistance to support his family's efforts to clear the title.
#HeirsProperty #jointhemovement #black #landowner #heirs #membership

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

It’s the 3rd and final day of Forward2025, the FSC/LAF’s 6th Annual Heirs Property Boot Camp.

Land Retention Attorney, Lytanya Brown, discusses the benefits of Mediation as a strategy to help resolve family conflicts.

#fsclaf #mediation #conflict #land #heirsproperty #heirs

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

🌾 $500 mini-grants are available to Florida farmers impacted by natural disaster (s).

Apply>>https://t.co/c03Upn3KcJ

Questions: contact 1-888-508-3310 #blackfarmers #disasterrelief #hurricane #Florida

[Doug O'Brien @dobrien_coop]

Think co-ops are some kind of niche approach ? Think again. One in three people are members of co-ops in the U.S. These businesses do it all and are big and small. Thank you @natlcoopbank for compiling the Co-op 100 again this year to show us the scale of co-ops @NCBACLUSA

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

In celebration of National Coop Month, we hosted our 12th Annual CoopEcon in #Alabama, which brought together over 100 #cooperative-members from around the South. We will work with attendees over the next 12 months to ensure their coops grow with solid business plans.

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

#fsclafinvites Southern heirs property landowners to join us December 5-7, 2024, for our Forward2025 National Heirs Property Boot Camp in Atlanta.

#savethedate #heirsproperty #southern #landowner #WealthBuilding #land

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

Alabama farmers, join us!

What: Alabama DFAP Benefits Webinar
Date:         Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
Time:         Noon EST
Register: https://t.co/mEEkBplzkE

If you live in #Alabama and received a (DFAP) payment, you need to know how to report it properly. #fsclaf

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

In Cooperation! We totally agree @EverythingCoop

[Everything Co-op @EverythingCoop]

#TeamWork #CollaborationQuotes #coops

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

📢Join us in welcoming Stephanie D. Banks, our new Director of Land Retention & Advocacy! Banks will support our #membership on #landretention issues, such as heirs’ property, and continue to develop and promote our #advocacy agenda.
Read press release >>https://t.co/b896SVvBCW

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

A delegation of FSC/LAF staff & member #advocates attended today’s @FarmAid pre-festival events focused on advocating for family farmers across #America.

#blackfarmers #fsclaf #community #advocacy #cooperative #farmbill

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

#savethedate Join us for our 11th Annual CoopEcon, a cooperative education event. This three-day gathering offers business-building workshops, panel discussions, networking opportunities, & more!
https://t.co/22sdGc2Uz5
#alabama #jointhemovement #fsclaf #CooperativeDevelopment

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund DFAP KNOWLEDGE SHARING SESSION
Tonight |August 5, 2024
7 PM EST
Register here: https://t.co/bEiZjwOLu4

#blackfarmers #22007apply #dfap #equity #inflationreductionact #financialassistance

[Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF @Federation1967]

📭The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF commends #USDA for sending historic #DFAP payments to producers discriminated against in the farm loan process before January 2021.

Read more >> https://t.co/xKwuFDlyW2

#FSA #22007apply #FSCLAF #BlackFarmers #FinancialAssistance