Friends of the Farms Stands
- Against racism and oppression of any kind, and unequivocally condemns acts of bigotry, bias and violence against Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC).
- With those who bravely advocate for systemic change and for all those who are and have long been fighting for justice, equity, and freedom.
Friends of the Farms Acknowledges
- Our food systems have largely been built on the backs of Brown, Black and Indigenous people.
- There is no food justice without racial justice.
- The land we occupy is stolen from Indigenous people. Our local agricultural systems were built by Japanese, Filipino, and Indipino families.
- There are injustices and inequities that we are unable to see.
Friends of the Farms Commits to
- Listening and learning across race and sector and using our unearned privilege to advocate for justice.
- Exploring our role in dismantling systems that no longer serve our world through concrete actions.
We encourage you to explore the resources on our webpage and invite you to share your thoughts, stories, and resources.
…It’s on us to plant the seeds of a different world in those cracks, and to cultivate and nourish that new world, whether it is in imagining new ways to keep our communities safe, better ways to care for public health, or envisioning a food and agriculture system that is stewarded by our communities, where BIPOC farmers and fishers can thrive, and everyone has the right and the means to produce, prepare, share, and eat nutritious food that is free from exploitation.
HEAL Food Alliance, June 2020
RESOURCES
Explore- HEAL Food Alliance
Founded with the knowledge that to truly transform our food and agriculture system, we must confront the reality that this country’s food system was built on land stolen from indigenous people, and on the abduction, forced migration and enslavement of African people. The truth is that the systems that treat Black lives as disposable today are not new—they are rooted in slavery, a system that stole the lives and labor of Black people to maintain the comfort and privilege of the ruling class, and grow colonial wealth. That’s the same system that continues to treat food workers as disposable.
Read
- 4 Not-So-Easy Ways to Dismantle Racism in the Food System, by Leah Penniman
- Growing Injustice: Transcending Racism in the Food System, by Michelle Stearn
- How Racism Has Shaped the American Farming Landscape, by Megan Horst
- Food Tank Podcast, In their most recent podcast, Food Tank talks with Baldemar Velasquez on Amplifying the Voices of Migrant Farmworkers
- Ask a Sista Farmer Every Friday, experienced Black womxn* farmers answer your call-in questions about gardening, livestock, agroforestry, plant medicine, and food preservation.
- Roots of Change Podcast
Miakoda, a BIPOC-healer of racial divides, shares their experience of this dramatic moment. - Toasted Sister Podcast
Andi Murphy is talking to Native chefs and foodies about what Indigenous cuisine is, where it comes from, where it’s headed and how it’s used to connect them and their people to their origins and traditions.
has compiled a list of BIPOC led videos on gardening and growing how-to’s.
Buy from Black Farmers
- Sky Island Farm, Humptulips Clean Greens Farm, Seattle
- Clean Greens Farm, Seattle
- Black Farmer’s Collective
A two-acre urban agriculture farm run by black farmers in the Seattle area, that believes the key to a more sustainable, equitable future for communities of color requires eliminating food scarcity and undoing the commoditization of the food industry. -
Familias Unidas por La Justicia
An independent farmworker union of indigenous families located in Burlington, WA representing over 500 Triqui, Mixteco, and Spanish speaking workers at Sakuma Bros. Berry Farm.
