Zakaria Kronemer (they/he)
Zakaria (zeh-kuh-ray-yuh) is a farmer from Richmond, Virginia with roots in community organizing and climate activism. In 2017, he began working with farmers and other communities in rural Virginia to develop a robust campaign against the construction of two fracked-gas pipelines. It was through this pipeline fight—and the relationships built along the way—that connections between food, land, and climate justice were revealed to them. Zakaria began planting seeds and learning the ways of food production initially on land that was on the route of the pipeline and, in the years since, has been continuing to cultivate skills as a farmer-organizer in Richmond.