Seed2Shirt Sows the Future for Black Farmers on Two Continents – Sourcing Journal

Tameka Peoples was putting on an event for a nonprofit in her California community some years ago, and needed items to fill a swag bag. The Air Force-veteran-turned-cyberspace contractor had an idea for a T-shirt, but because the community and the recipients of these freebies are predominantly Black, she wanted to source the garment from a Black-owned company, made with fabric from a Black-owned mill, with cotton grown by Black farmers.