Thu, Sep 12
|Epsilon Spires Sanctuary
Farming While Black with Soul Fire Farm
Join food justice advocate and storyteller Amani Olugbala from Soul Fire Farm to learn how to be part of the movement for food sovereignty and help build a sustainable system based on justice, dignity, and abundance for all members of our community.
Time & Location
Sep 12, 2019, 7:00 PM
Epsilon Spires Sanctuary, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Spoken word artist, Amani O+ is driven to uplift love, art & service as necessary expressions of rebellion against a sense of disconnection and hopelessness that threatens our collective peace and wellness.
Some of our most cherished sustainable farming practices - from organic agriculture to the farm cooperative and the CSA - have roots in African wisdom. Yet, discrimination and violence against African-American farmers has led to our decline from 14 percent of all growers in 1920 to less than 2 percent today, with a corresponding loss of over 14 million acres of land. Further, Black communities suffer disproportionately from illnesses related to lack of access to fresh food and healthy natural ecosystems.
Addressing the necessity of reintroduction to land as a source of healing and power for those of us who have been historically and systematically disconnected. Soul Fire Farm is part of a global network of farmers working to increase farmland stewardship by people of color, restore Afro-indigenous farming practices, and end food apartheid. Amani seeks to push communities to challenge presumed differences and work together in uncovering interlocked paths towards self determination and community liberation.