Avé-Ameenah Gillum-Long

Bio

I’m Avé-Ameenah, executive director and lead farmer at Oakland SOL (sustaining ourselves locally) Revival. SOL was established in 2003 as a community garden located in the San Antonio district of East Oakland, CA, and recently achieved 501(c)3 non-profit status. In 2020, we became Black-owned and are in the process of reopening the urban garden for our community garden days, youth internship and our annual plant sale. We are excited to have received the National Young Farmer Grant. This grant will help us with much needed infrastructure installments, including rain/grey water systems, new irrigation system and support with food distribution of our summer and winter crops.

People Roles: 2021 Young Farmer Grant Winners