Farming While Black

Join us for a reading and discussion with Massachusetts native, Leah Penniman, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY, and author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land.

In 1920, 14 percent of all land-owning US farmers were black. Today less than 2 percent of farms are controlled by black people―a loss of over 14 million acres and the result of discrimination and dispossession. While farm management is among the whitest of professions, farm labor is predominantly brown and exploited, and people of color disproportionately live in “food apartheid” neighborhoods and suffer from diet-related illness. Our food system is built on stolen land and stolen labor and needs a redesign.

Penniman will share highlights from her book followed by a question-and-answer period and book signing.

Proceeds from this event will benefit the Urban Farming Institute, whose mission is to develop and promote urban farming as a commercial sector that creates green collar jobs for residents. This event is co-sponsored by Boston Medical Center, CommonWealth Kitchen, Higher Ground Farm, Impact Hub Boston, The Food Project, and The Urban Farming Institute of Boston. Food from Fresh Food Generation is included in your donation.

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