“Land is the basis of all independence. Land is the basis of freedom, justice and equality.”
—Malcolm X
Cannibalizing indigenous, then Black land isn’t a new concept.
Land theft in real time.
%
of farmer/owner-operators in the US are Black (90% are white).
%
of the land value owned by white people ($1 trillion) is owned by Black people ($14 million).
%
decline in land owned by Black farmers ownership to non-Black between 1910 and 2012.
less than
%
or 3.6 million out of 950 million, acres of land were owned by Black farmers (as of 2012).
Interconnected food justice activists
The full picture is a loop where you can grow, sell prepare, buy learn and then repeat all in the same place.
– GERMAINE JENKINS
Our goal is to create thriving models that people can learn in, and replicate, and to support this new generation of urban farmers, especially from communities of color.
– Erika Allen
Germaine is part of this cohort that historians 50 and 100 years from now will look back on about how, on a small scale, we’re sort of piloting different visions about what American neighborhoods can look like.
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