Farming While Black With Leah Penniman Of Soul Fire Farm | Episode 53

Having Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm on the Positively Green Podcast was such an inspiring and necessary experience. In this episode we talk all about Leah's book Farming While Black, her Haitian heritage, and how we can support BIPOC farmers in the work towards land access and food sovereignty. 

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Leah Penniman, mother, farmer, ordained spiritual teacher, and author co-founded Soul Fire Farm, an 80 acre farm in New York, with the mission of reclaiming the inherent right to belong to the earth and have agency in the food system for Black and Brown people. 

She has led thousands through farmer trainings, on her 80 acre farm in New York and internationally in Mexico, Haiti, and Ghana, building solidarity with different communities to strengthen local food systems.  Leah’s book Farming While Black is a love song for the earth and her peoples. 

During this episode we hear Leah’s stories about:

• How she first was called to become a farmer
• Her favorite crop to grow
• Hope for the future of our planet
• Why she wrote Farming While Black
  
• Her approach to planning and planting
• How legislation has actively decreased land access to Black and Brown people
• What land-back practice can look like
• Soul Fire Farm’s mission and goals

You’ll also learn about Suzette, and how growing up Haitian in the San Francisco Bay Area inspired her lifelong planting and cooking journey. ​

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