"Soul Fire Farm: Reclaiming a Tradition of Black Farming" at Albany City Hall
Albany City Hall will be hosting a presentation by Soul Fire Farm founders Leah Penniman and Jonah Vitale-Wolff this Thursday, April 21. Blurbage:
Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, new York was born in Albany's South End in 2006. Soul Fire is both a beautiful working farm and a unique, nationally recognized educational center. Leah Penniman and her husband Jonah Vitale-Wolff's mission is rooted in a commitment to fighting racism and dismantling oppressive structures that misguide our food system. Using strategies like day-long educational workshops to reconnect youth to their innate belonging to land, leah is working so that everyone, regardless of class, color, or creed, has access to fresh, healthful food and an understanding of how to grow their own. This will be a lively presentation and discussion about the connections between producing healthy food, youth empowerment, and social justice.
Here's a 2014 profile of Soul Fire Farm over at Civil Eats that includes some more backstory.
The event is Thursday starting at 5 pm in the city hall rotunda. It's free.
photo via Soul Fire Farm website
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"...oppressive structures that misguide our food system"
Huh.
... said Erika on Apr 19, 2016 at 8:00 AM | link
Leah and Jonah are amazing people!!!
... said llcwine on Apr 19, 2016 at 10:39 AM | link
"...oppressive structures that misguide our food system"
That is a mouthful, but they might mean something like the commercial systems that make poor food so much more available that good food, and seemingly cheaper.
... said Eric Scheirer Stott on Apr 19, 2016 at 1:44 PM | link