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 […]
Jonah Mossberg
Milkweed Farm is a queer and trans run, no-till vegetable, flower, and pear farm in Southern Vermont. We will be using this funding to help us construct a new wash/pack station and CSA pickup facility on our new farm.
Michael Richard II
Michael Richard II is a native New Orleanian with a passion for regenerative agriculture and creating a more equitable world. That passion has led him to the environmental and food justice non-profit Recirculating Farms, where he manages a regenerative urban farm in the heart of New Orleans. Michael and Recirculating Farms use community-driven policy and […]
Dee Thao
I started Mom’s Garden to pay homage to my mom, Zoua Lee. Every summer, for as long as I can remember, she has always farmed, and I would looked forward to harvesting season when she would fill our fridge with fresh produce from her farm. I am now married and have children of my own […]
Sarah Davenport
Sarah and Didier started Reina Mana Aquaponics in August 2022 with the aim of generating self-subsistence, self-determination, and power in the food system with BIPOC and low-income communities. Aside from growing food, they are working on designing more affordable and creative aquaponics models that can be easily replicated for low-income, BIPOC, elderly, youth, and disabled […]