Media & Past Events
Past Events
Natasha’s keynotes are filled with candid, heartwarming and inspirational stories from farms on Navajo land to farms of the Gullah Islands. Natasha encourages her audiences to dig deep into the stories she shares and the important messages they carry for the food movement. Her talks are relevant not only to other farmers and food activists but speak to anyone who eats. You will come to the table with new understanding and appreciation for the intersections between race, food, culture, history and today’s broken food system.
Past Events
- Keynote Presentation & Guest Lecture @ University of Coloradons Fort Collins, CO
- Keynote Presentation & Guest Lecture @ University of Wisconsin September 19-20, Madison, WI
- Keynote Presentation @ OSU Women in Sustainable Ag Conference December 1-3, Portland, OR
- Food Day Presentation @ Hood College Food Day Event October 10, Frederick, MD
- Keynote Presentation & Portrait Exhibit @ 2016 Choices Conference March 10-11, Dearborn, MI
- Keynote Presentation @ Climate Adaptation Conference For Farmers March 3-4, Pittsboro, NC
- Book Signing @ The Common Market CoOp February 27, Frederick, MD
- Keynote Presentation @ 7th Annual Common Ground Books, Business & Art Expo Feb 20, Shepherdstown, WV
- Special Presentation @ USDA Farm Service Agency Black History Event February 18, Washington D.C.
- Keynote Presentation @ Future Harvest CASA Conference January 16, College Park, MD
- Book Presentation & MD Farmers of Color Panel @ Fox Haven Organic Fair January 9, Jefferson, MD
- Honoring the Stories of People of Color in Food & Exhibit @ Dreaming Out Loud DC’s Annual Fundraiser December 10, Washington, D.C.
- The Color of Food: Keynote Presentation @ Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network One Day Symposium December 7, State College, PA
- The Color of Food: Book Reading & Signing @ Wooden Shoe Bookstor December 6, Philadelphia, PA
- The Color of Food: Keynote Presentation @ Minnesota Food Justice Conference November 8-9, Duluth, MN
- Funding Food Justice Discussion @ The Community Foundation for The National Capital Region October 24, Washington DC
- The Color of Food Presentation & Panel w/Winona LaDuke & Vandana Shiva@ Seeds of Change Conference October 11, Rhinebeck, NY
- The Color of Food & Freedom Food Alliance Tour: Book Reading & Signing @ Sister’s Uptown Bookstore October 11, Harlem, NY
- The Color of Food & Freedom Food Alliance Tour: Victory Bus Project Fundraiser & Book Reading/Signing @ Kite’s Nest October 8, Hudson, NY
- The Color of Food: Book Reading & Signing @ Baltimore Book Festival September 26, Baltimore, MD
- The Color of Food: Keynote Presentation @ Ithaca Food Justice Fair September 20, Ithaca, NY
- The Color of Food & Freedom Food Alliance Tour: Black Food Sovereignty Talks & Book Reading/Signing @ Albany Social Justice Center September 18, Albany, NY
- The Color of Food: Book Reading & Signing @ Curious Iguana Bookstore September 9, Frederick, MD
- The Color of Food: Book Reading / Black Food Sovereignty Talks (see video) @ Red Emma’s Bookstore August 20, Baltimore, MD
- The Color of Food: Keynote Presentation @ 46th Annual International Community Development Society Conference July 22, Lexington, KY
- The Color of Food: Book Reading & Signing @ Morris Book Shop July 22, Lexington, KY
- The Color of Food: Book Reading & Signing @ New Roots/Fresh Stop July 23, Louisville, KY
- The Color of Food: Book Reading & Signing @ Bookstock 2015 Book Fair July 25, Woodstock, VT
- The Color of Food Book Release – First Book Reading & Signing! @ NYC BlueStockings Book Store NY April 9, NY, NY
- The Color of Food Book Release & Food Culture Panel @ NYC Food Book Fair April 10, Brooklyn, NY
- Storytelling as Food Justice Panel @ Harvard University Food Justice Conference March 28, Cambridge, MA
- The Color of Food: Guest Lecture Presentation @ University of Maryland March 3, College Park, MD
- The Color of Food: Storytelling Presentation @ Howard University Black Farmers and Agriculturists Conference February 20, Washington D.C.
- The Color of Food: Storytelling Presentation @ Rooting DC February 28, Washington D.C.
- The Color of Food: Keynote Presentation @ NOFA VT Winter Conference @ University of Vermont February 14-15, Burlington, VT
- Visiting Scholar & Speaker @ Green Mountain College Masters in Sustainable Food Systems Residency February 16-18, Poultney, VT
- The Color of Food: Storytelling Presentation @ Virginia Association For Biological Farming Conference January 30-31, Richmond, VA
- The Color of Food: Storytelling Presentation @ Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s 29th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conferenc November 10-12, Greenville, SC
- Southern Foodways Alliance Fellow @ The Southern Foodways Alliance 16th Annual Symposium October 23-26, Oxford, MS
- The Color of Food Exhibit & Storytelling @ Wake Forest University: Half the Earth, Half the Sky. A Conference on Women, Food, and Faith March 19, Winston-Salem, NC
- The Color of Food Exhibit & Storytelling @ Tuskegee University’s: 71st Annual Professional Agricultural Workers Conference December 8-10, Tuskegee, Alabama
- Color of Food Photography Exhibit @ Purdue University January 23, West Lafayette, IN
- Keynote Speech: Storytelling from Farmers of Color @ Purdue University January 23, West Lafayette, IN
- Talk on Environmental Racism & Agriculture @ Calvin College January 15, Grand Rapids, MI
Media
- Badger Herald: Food Justice Activist Puts Communities of Color at Center of Agriculture 2017
- Family Circle: 20 Most Influential Moms in 2017 2017
- Civil Eats: Black Lives Matter In The Food Movement Too 2016
- Foreword Reviews: The Color Of Food Book Review 2016
- Farmer’s View: Growing Food, Gathering Stories with Natasha Bowens 2016
- Civil Eats: America’s Food Deserts Need Community Solutions 2016
- Rustik: Natasha Bowens Cultivates Change 2016
- Grist: The Disturbing Lack of Black Organic Farmers 2016
- VICE: En Estados Unidos la nueva cultura de la comida tiene un problema de razas 2016
- Civil Eats: Has the Organic Movement Left Black farmers Behind? 2016
- National Geographic: How To Update ‘Harvest of Shame’ for the 21st Century 2015
- FoodTank: Chesapeake Bay Blueprint for Sustainable Farming 2015
- YES Magazine: Why I Farm 2015
- Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems and Community
- Development: The Color of Food Book Review 2015
- Daily Freeman: Food Access Is Focus For Omega Conference 2015
- Omega Center: The Color of Food participating in Seeds of Change Conference with Vandana Shiva, Ralph Nader, Winona LaDuke,Will Power 2015
- KCRW Good Food Radio: The Color of Food: Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming 2015
- Hot Potato Press: The Color of Food – How Farmers of Color Are Leading Good Food Movement 2015
- Tim Danahey Show: The Color of Food – Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming 2015
- Mark Steiner Show Podcast: The Color of Food – Race and Agriculture 2015
- Food Tank: Food Sovereignty and Farmers of Color 2015
- Steve McAllister Podcast: The Color of Food 2015
- Vice Magazine: The New Food Movement Has A Problem With Race 2015
- Courier Journal: Food Justice Focus of “The Color Of Food” 2015
- Civil Eats: The Color of Food: Seeds of Growth for the Cherokee People 2015
- Yard Farmers: Sowing The Seeds of Strength 2015
- Jefferson Public Radio: Searching For The Color of Food 2015
- The Cooks Cook: The Color of Food 2015
- Frederick News Post: Natasha Bowens, Urban Garden 2015
- The Riveter: Finding Solidarity in Fields of Color 2015
- Yahoo Food: The Color of Food: A Communal Vision 2015
- Civil Eats: Building Autonomy as African American Farmers 2015
- The Root:7 Urban Farmers You Should Know 2015
- Southern Foodways Alliance Fellows 2015
- Mark Winne:A Rainbow of Farmers 2015
- Mother Earth News:Fierce Farming Women Part 2 2015
- Melissa Daniel:What Color Is Your Food 2015
- Mother Earth News:Fierce Farming Women 2015
- Mother Earth News:CSA’s Rooted In Black History 2015
- VTDigger: Green Mountain College Features Bill McKibben and Natasha Bowens 2015
- Mother Earth News: Exploring Stories of Race, Resilience & Farming 2015
- AfroCulinaria: Soul Foodies To Watch 2015
- AnnaMaryas Scaccia: Farming Is Feminist 2015
- Civil Eats: Editors Note More Diversity 2015
- VTDigger: Growing The Good Food Movement 2015
- Secret Cuisines & Sacred Rituals Podcast 2015
- New Society Publishers 2014
- Huerto De La Familia 2014
- Food Politic 2014
- APIOPA 2014
- Bill Moyers 2013
- Colorlines 2013
- BlogTalk Radio – Taste Point 2013
- CNN 2013
- Food Politic 2013
- The Atlantic 2013
- City Farmer 2013
- Civil Eats 2013
- The AGgregator – Farm Credit News 2013
- AgriNews 2013
- ITYC Radio 2013
- Soulful Green Radio 2012
- ITYC Radio 2012
- Heritage Radio 2012
- The AGgregator – Farm Credit News 2012
- TEDx Manhattan 2011
Grist 2010 – The Color of Food article series: “In search of black and Latino farmers in the sustainable food movement“ “Hitting the Big Apple’s food-justice buffet“ “Peeling back the skin of Detroit“ “Postcard from the first annual Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners Conference“ “Chicago has got it growing on“ “Brightening up the dark farming history of the Sunshine State“