This initiative from the Center for Africana Studies and Culture (CASC) in the IU School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis seeks to catalyze Africana Studies faculty academic research and instructional design capabilities to support communities with a relationship to land stewardship as it relates to food security and environmental awareness.
The CASC partners with Legacy Taste of the Garden Farm from Princeton, Indiana, to host the Indiana Black Loam Agricultural Workshop. The conference provides outreach and technical assistance to farmers and producers throughout the State of Indiana.
CASC also works with ecologists to research issues related to learning more about how ecology and wildlife interact with humans, particularly in urban settings and how these connections can affect daily life.
CASC Food Security Partnerships include:
CASC is working with SIPP to deeply explore the concept of Cultural Production and will work with them to develop their curriculum and cultivate the center as a site of learning for Africana Studies students at IU Indianapolis as the program further conceptualizes a domestic study away program.
CASC co-sponsors the Indiana Black Loam Workshops.
