Leah Penniman - Farming While Black - EcoFarm 2020 Keynote

With opening Invocation by Greg Castro (Rumsen Ohlone)
Some of our most cherished sustainable farming practices have roots in African wisdom. Yet, discrimination and violence against African- American farmers has led to our decline from 14 percent of all growers in 1920 to less than 2 percent today. Soul Fire Farm, cofounded by author, activist, and farmer Leah Penniman, is committed to ending racism and injustice in our food system. Leah will share how you too can be part of the movement for food sovereignty and help build a food system based on justice, dignity, and abundance for all members of our community.
Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol educator, farmer/peyizan, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2011 and has been farming since 1996. Leah is part of a team that facilitates powerful food sovereignty programs - including farmer training for Black & Brown people, a subsidized farm food distribution program for communities living under food apartheid, and domestic and international organizing toward equity in the food system. Her book, Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land is a love song for the land and her people.

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