Anti-racist resources

Foundational reading

• “Agrarian Questions and the Struggle for Land Justice in the United States,” by Eric Holt-Giménez.
• “4 Not so Easy Ways to Dismantle Racism in the Food System,” by Leah Penniman.
• “The Unbearable Whiteness of Alternative Food” by Julie Guthman
• “The Great Land Robbery” by Vann R. Newkirk II.
• Episodes 5 and 6 of the New York Times 1619 podcast: USDA loan discrimination against Black farmers

Dive deeper

• Young farmers racial equity toolkit
• How to be an Anti Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (book)
• “Ending violence against people of color in food and farming” (the National Young Farmers Coalition’s Equity Statement)
• “The Elusive Inclusive: Black Food Geographies and Racialized Food Spaces,” by Margaret Marietta Ramírez:
  • critiquing exclusively white leadership of many alternative food institutions
• “Anti‐racist practice and the work of community food organizations.” by Rachel Slocum
• Eating while young and Black: food, foodways, and gentrification in Austin, Texas by N. L. Jones (Doctoral dissertation).
• Black food geographies: race, self-reliance, and food access in Washington, D.C. by Ashanté Reese
• There were nearly a million black farmers in 1920. Why have they disappeared?

Farming while Black

• The Color of Food by Natasha Bowens. (book)
• “Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land,” by Leah Penniman. Chapter 16 “White People Uprooting Racism.” (book chapter)
• Freedom farmers: agricultural resistance and the Black freedom movement. by Monica M. White (book)

Organizers

• Movement for Black Lives
• National Black Food and Justice Alliance: organizing for Black food sovereignty, land, and justice
• Black Out Collective: Black land liberation
• Black Land and Liberation Initiative: fighting for land reparations and self-determined Black community spaces
• Black Church Food Security Network: organizing church communities towards Black food sovereignty
• Detroit People’s Food Coop: inspiring model for food retail, founded by the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network to build community ownership and food sovereignty
• Black Farmers Network: networking hub for Black farmers
• Via Campensina: peasant-led movement against corporate consolidation and neoliberal policies
• Fair Food Network: fighting to support farmworkers rights
• Coalition of Immokalee Workers: fighting to support farmworker rights
• Agricultural Justice Project

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