With Rain…Comes Growth
It’s harder to accept the singsong justification for crappy weather – “April showers bring May flowers” – when you’re still experiencing temperatures in the 20s and your poor soil just wants to dry out...
View ArticleYouth Inspirations
Some of you may remember the posts from my time at East New York Farms! last year… a place that meant so much to me and youth that blew me away with inspiration. Now I want to share some words…
View ArticleThe Mushy Center
There were ten of us. Some rooted in different generations, others in different cultures, and some living in separate places. A few of us had never met before. But all of us shared a passion for...
View ArticleWe OccupytheFoodMovement
There are Black farmers losing land faster than Monsanto can split open seeds; and then there are Black farmers building up land with money handed to them by Wal-Mart. This is the furrow we find...
View ArticleLightning
Oakland was like a bolt of lightning. It split open my mind with a beautiful, powerful energy. It was magnetic. I was drawn to the energy pulsing through the streets of Oakland and intimidated by it at...
View ArticleSeason’s End
Last year, around this time, I was tired of being a vagabond farmer. I’d spent six months on five farms in three different places. I was ready to plant some roots. I began looking for the farm where I...
View ArticleDetour: Meet the Food & Community Fellows
I took a detour last week and backtracked from Atlanta to Asheville, NC ( North Carolina keeps callin’ me back) to attend a conference I was invited to and to connect with the IATP Food and Community...
View ArticleCultivate Change
I want to quickly highlight some wonderful food movement activists and their missions to grow change and address issues like racism and food access. First, Tanya Fields. A friend and activist I was...
View ArticleA Southern Legacy
With orange and red leaves crunching underfoot and crisp, cold air on my cheek, I walked alongside the George Washington Carver Museum and towards the Booker T. Washington monument where voices sang...
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