Black in Biotech: Reclaiming Our Space in Agriculture

​Black in Biotech: Reclaiming Our Space in Agriculture is a reflective and forward-looking virtual seminar that explores the deep yet often overlooked contributions of Black communities to agriculture, food production, and scientific innovation. From ancestral farming knowledge and land stewardship to modern food science and biotechnology, Black people have long shaped food systems—while also enduring exploitation, land loss, and systemic inequities that continue to influence access, trust, and representation today.

​Grounded in this history, the session will examine how Black professionals are navigating, reshaping, and reclaiming space within agriculture, food science, and related STEM fields. The conversation will explore pathways into agricultural careers, equity-driven and sustainable food systems, and what it means to decolonize agricultural science and institutions.

​This seminar invites participants into a conversation about healing, ownership, and possibility—centering whose knowledge is valued, whose voices lead, and how future food systems can be built more justly.