Joanna Rubi Aldort
Rubi Eclipse Floral is a Latinx-owned flower farm rooted in Mexican culture and tradition, located on Orcas Island, Washington. We work in cohesion with the soil using sustainable methods like no-till seasonal flower growing and feeding the soil with beneficial microorganisms from local sources. We plan to use this grant funding to build the infrastructure […]
Azeem Zakir Kareem
Azeem Zakir Kareem is a farmer, educator, organizer, and advocate for the BIPOC farming community in Connecticut and nationwide. He is the co-founder of Samad Gardens Initiative, a farm business with rural and urban production centers, whose mission is to bridge the food and farm education access gap to the BIPOC community in central Connecticut […]
Chasity Salvador
Sandstone Farm, located in our beloved home of Acoma Pueblo, was birthed from my heart and love for my family, my community, and our beloved seed, water, and plant relatives, by and for the hearts of young Pueblo women and girls. We focus on continuing the seed cultivating traditions of our Pueblo ways by growing […]
Sergio Campos
At SC specialties, we are always exploring different ways to restore our forest ecosystem, build soil, and preserve water quality while producing food, medicine, and materials for all of our surrounding communities while educating other farmers of the value of low-impact forest farming. With these funds we will be able to catapult our research and […]
Gabrielle Lewis
SeedEd Farm was born out of love and a desire to connect with ancestral food, our community, and the land through the practice of seedkeeping. It is owned and operated by myself (Gabe), and my two farm partners, Sam Stern and Monica Newman. We keep several varieties of heritage seeds, curate art and educational programs, […]
Tara Slaughter
I am the co-owner of Slaughter Orchard & Cidery, where we focus on creating amazing artisanal cider – both sweet and hard. We believe great cider starts with taking care of our land, trees, and the entire orchard ecosystem. We grow over 40 varieties of apples that go into our harvest-driven artisanal ciders, and we […]
Aja Embry
Aja started growing over 13 years ago – she fell in love with the healing she found in nature. Throughout the years she has focused on uplifting and educating the community around her with what she has learned. The decision to move to the Georgia coast presented itself to her recently and she is eager […]
Raquel Reyna
In 2014, Rocky Reyna created Native Veda (which stands for Indigenous wisdom) and introduced her own spin on healing to her community, which included sound therapy, restorative yoga, Ayurveda, and Indigenous cuisine . In 2019-2020, Native Veda became a non-profit and regenerative farmstead. Collaboratively with her husband and two children they have showcased at local […]
Denise Sherow
We are NC Farm and Forage, a small homestead that started as a community re-wilding project focused on restoring the human-nature connection through land stewardship and regenerative gardening practices. Recently, we founded a local non-profit organization called NC Nature School 501(c)(3) to provide land-stewardship programs for children. We host the organization and other community enrichment […]
Mieschia Wilson
Located in northern Whatcom County, our farmstead provides locals with a variety of pasture-raised proteins. Pasture rotation is key to our operation. This funding will support our regenerative practices by allowing us to purchase additional fencing and supplies to expand our grazing system and update our poultry housing.