Tolu Igun
Tolu was first introduced to the urban agriculture movement in 2013 in Detroit where they were born, but it wasn’t until 2020 that she committed to a career in farming wholeheartedly after moving to Washington, D.C. Since then, Tolu has been distributing, growing, and having the most wonderful conversations about food with her newfound community […]
Kelsey Zaavedra
I am part of a woman-owned and operated farm in Minnesota. The farm’s mission is to heal the earth through agriculture and inspire people to engage with the land in a meaningful way. Without connection to place and land, our local food systems could disappear. It is important to me to make the farm accessible […]
Nathaniel Bankhead
I own and operate Wild Violet Permaculture, a native and edible plant nursery, permaculture design consultancy, and garden/orchard installation business. We work with homeowners, large landowners, HOAs, and local nonprofits to care for and learn from local ecology. We aim to use the best of fancy landscaping and the best of forest farming to create […]
Priscilla Garcia Franzoni
Datura Farm is a small, family-owned farm in Buckhorn, New Mexico. We grow on one acre of land by Duck Creek. This will be our second year producing delicious produce for Grant County. We grow a variety of fruits and vegetables such as chile, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, watermelons, cantaloupe, honeydew, radishes, spinach, lettuce, herbs, and […]
Kyle Rooke
I’m a friend of field and forest, and within each I grow and find food, medicine, and inspiration. These relationships inform one another. Observing wild fungi transforms my cultivation practices, sitting with a tree in the forest benefits my orchard work, Queen Anne’s lace and carrot, goldenrod and hemp. I also have a passion for […]
John Cox
John Cox raises beef cattle on perennial pastures near Ann Arbor, Michigan. The grass-fed herd of heritage breed cattle is a cow-calf to finish operation. John has been farming for six years.
Nicolas Garcia
I have been interested in plants as food and medicine since I was a small child helping my mother in the garden and listening to her stories about my Buela’s mother who used to make medicines and salves out of plants in her garden where my Buela played and ate fruit as a child. I […]
Iriel Edwards
My name is Iriel Edwards and I am the farm manager for an organization called Jubilee Justice. We are a non-profit that works with Black farmers across the Southeast who want to grow organic, dry-land rice and participate in a rice processing cooperative. I manage an experimental farm where we test varieties, growing techniques, and […]
Benu Amun-Ra
Benu Amun-Ra is a social entrepreneur, speaker, disability advocate, single mother, and primary caregiver to both a parent and a child living with physical and developmental disabilities. She has a passion for sharing the human connection through her advocacy work in her local BIPOC and LGBTQ+ community. She is a J.E.D.I. Master leading with compassion […]
Jennie Erwin
I farm in Central Iowa. I grow vegetables and herbs using sustainable methods on 2 acres of rented land. I have sold at farmers markets, online and using a CSA model. My biggest challenges are access to land, season extension costs, and extreme weather.