TEDx Talks | Farming While Black | Leah Penniman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QYDXtMiV80
Soul Fire Farm: An Afro-Indigenous Centered Community Farm
More about the farm’s vision, mission and commitment to uprooting racism and seeding
sovereign-ty in the food system.
Soul Fire Farm: BIPOC Trainings
More about the Workshop Series and Immersion Programs offered by Soul Fire Farm.
https://www.soulfirefarm.org/programs/bipoc-trainings/
Soul Fire Farm: Braiding Seeds Fellowship
The Braiding Seeds Fellowship, a project of Soul Fire Farm Institute in collaboration with the Fed-
eration of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, carries on the legacy of the braided
seeds by providing beginning farmers with resources, professional development, and mentorship
to sup-port their livelihood on land
https://www.soulfirefarm.org/braiding-seeds-fellowship/
Soul Fire Farm: Farming While Black Book by Leah Penniman
The webpage for Farming While Black on the Soul Fire Farm site highlights the book by Leah
Penniman as a resource for addressing racial inequities in farming while sharing practical strategies
for sustainable agriculture. It celebrates African Diasporic wisdom and offers guidance for
reclaiming food sovereignty. The page serves as a hub to learn about the book and its mission, as
well as a place to purchase a copy.
https://www.soulfirefarm.org/media/farming-while-black/
Podcast Soil: The Dirty Climate Solution | How to Save a Planet
In this podcast episode you will meet two farmers: One is a first-generation farmer in upstate New
York raising fruits and vegetables for the local community. The other is a third generation farmer In
Minnesota who sells commodity crops to big industrial processors. What they have in common is
bucking modern conventions on how to farm.
https://gimletmedia.com/shows/howtosaveaplanet/39h6wn7
Writing the Land: Hunger Poems by Naima Penniman
Poetry for Wildseed Community Farm and Healing Village, Northeast Farmers of Color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC9LeTzcMpE
The Truth Behind 40 Acres and a Mule | African American History Blog
The story of the “40 acres and a mule” promise to former slaves.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/the-truth-behind-40-
Black-Owned Farms to Support
https://blackfarmersindex.com/
Farms Together
Farms Together coordinates collaboratives of small and mid-scale family and BIPOC farmers to
provide healthy, fresh, and local food to California families in need while opening up access to new
and emergent marketplaces for local food.