In California, less than 1% of farmland is Black-owned, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture. One such farm is in Sebastopol in Sonoma County.
EARTHseed farm is Sonoma County’s first Afro-Indigenous permaculture farm. It’s a place for Black and brown people to reconnect with indigenous land stewardship and to build community, at a time when the effects of climate change are challenging us to change our relationship to the earth.
Guest: Ariana Proehl, KQED culture reporter
Links:
- An Example of 'Land Back' in Northern California
- 'Welcome Black to the Land': Inside Sonoma County's First Afro-Indigenous Permaculture Farm
This episode was produced by Alan Montecillo and Maria Esquinca, and hosted by Ericka Cruz Guevarra.
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