#86: Farming While Black: The Past and The Future

In Episode 86, Quinn & Brian ask: What can we do to support the black farmers who have the ancient answers to rebuilding our soil, farms, and food system?

Our guest is: Leah Penniman, Co-Director and Farm Manager of Soul Fire Farm, a farm dedicated to ending racism and injustice in the food system. Leah is also the author of “Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land.”

In many ways, Soul Fire Farm represents a new start for American agriculture — a new start built on some very old roots, carrying on the legacy and wisdom of sustainable African farming traditions. We all benefit from the incredible work that Li and the others at Soul Fire Farm are doing, and this is a piece of historical and ecological education that everyone in the US, in particular, should be aware of.

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Links:

• www.soulfirefarm.org
• www.farmingwhileblack.org
• Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust: www.nefoclandtrust.org
• National Black Food and Justice Alliance: www.blackfoodjustice.org
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/leahpenniman
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/leah.penniman

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