Farming While Black: Leah Penniman

“Stewarding our own land, growing our own food, educating our own youth, participating in our own healthcare and justice systems-this is the source of real power and dignity.”
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Some of our most cherished sustainable farming practices have roots in African wisdom. Yet, discrimination and violence against African-American farmers has led to their decline from 14 percent of all growers in 1920 to less than 2 percent today, with a corresponding loss of over 14 million acres of land. Further, Black communities suffer disproportionately from illnesses related to lack of access to fresh food and healthy natural ecosystems. Soul Fire Farm, cofounded by author, activist, and farmer Leah Penniman, is committed to ending racism and injustice in our food system. Through innovative programs such as the Black-Latinx Farmers Immersion, a sliding-scale farmshare CSA, and Youth Food Justice leadership training, Penniman is part of a global network of farmers working to increase farmland stewardship by people of color, restore Afro-indigenous farming practices, and end food apartheid
Recorded and edited by Phil Glaser at Red Emma's on 3/19/2019

[@dedward5154]

Delicious, nutritious food for thought.

[@preciosabonitax]

Thank you

[@TrellOfTruth]

Ashe ✨ all interconnected 💛

[@teeyateeyah233]

So much information and knowledge. Thank you!

[@carbonmelaninwellness2145]

Tia Nesbeth:
What do you think of her countenance (rubbing her thighs, swaying from side to side @ 04:16)?? And, what do you think about 'whites' being there, do you see self determination in doing so for 'blacks'? In asking those questions, I'm not questioning the information that was dispensed.

[@SenpaiAuset]

Empresses of Excellence at its most beautiful expression! “Black Gold” phenomenal 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@h.chappelle2720]

Supposedly, most of the Aztecs were black, and they had floating gardens, floating vegetable farms, were great at soil erosion control. Chia seeds are from them.

[@SenpaiAuset]

Expell all doubt my power souls of royalty for the Revolution is here !!!!!

[@faithtyson1181]

Any relation to Richard Penniman (Little Richard)???

[@arielduran9560]

Thank you for sharing this video! What is the host's name? That final poem is beautiful :)

[@redemmas]

Analysis! Analysis is a Baltimore poet and worker-owner at Red Emma's.

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@@redemmas Thank you!

[@swhite8303]

Actually most of the land were stolen from the indigenous Aborigines first people here from the beginning inhabitants. And these people are now called misnomer titles every two years. Europeans Afrikanas of Dutch descent, British etc that invaded our ancestors took the land by force. This is the reason we’re displaced today. Our identity, land, culture, inheritance, legacies language, rights, privilege, spirituality, etc were stolen and then given to foreigners that migrated here for a better life at the expense of our people ancestral land being stolen from us the offspring. Now we are buying land that’s already our inheritance that should have been passed down through generations.

[@bobcreamier9854]

Hahahahah id like this stuff not to be recommended. the world is a hard place for every color my dude...

[@TheeRebel]

keep thinking that.

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@@TheeRebel Right people need to think