A feature film about the rising generation of young black farmers. Featuring Leah Penniman, author of “Farming While Black.”
Leah Penniman, co-founder of Soul Fire Farm, reflects on the plight of Black farmers in the United States. From the height of Black-owned farms at 14% in 1910 to less than 2% today, Leah, and other compatriots help propel a rising generation of Black farmers finding strength in the deep historical knowledge of African agrarianism — and its potential to save the planet.
Farming While Black Trailer
Our Impact Goals: Reclaiming Afro-Indigenous Agricultural Heritage and Lost Land
We are bringing FARMING WHILE BLACK to the rising and legacy generations of Black farmers, community gardeners, land stewards and allies to reconnect to their Afro-Indigenous regenerative agricultural roots, to not only heal, but find strength and inspiration in land; and in turn change the food system to be more just, healthy and climate resilient.
Can Afro-Indigenous regenerative agricultural practices be the solution to climate change?
Leah Penniman, and other BIPOC farmers, know that by changing the industrialized food system to regenerative agriculture can not only save the planet, but also provide liberation for marginalized peoples around the world.
Featured Characters
Blain Snipstal - Farming in Capitalism
Leah and Naima Penniman - Upbringing
Karen Washington - Guerrilla Gardens