Christy and Vivian introduce the importance of food agriculture and benefits of self-planting in our communities. They interview Cherry Liu, the Beacon Food Forest Outreach Coordinator, who describes more in depth about the history of farming and how she began working for the Beacon Food Forest. Cherry describes how individuals should opt for local food sources and self-farming for fresh produce rather than big supermarket companies.
Urban farming organizations to follow in the Seattle area:
Black Star Farmers @blackstarfarmers
Black Farmers Collective (Yes Farm) @blackfarmerscollective
Salsa de la Vida @salsadelavida
Danny Woo Community Garden @dannywoogarden
ACRS Farm @acrsnews
Percussion Farms @percussionfarms
Nurturing Roots Farm @nurturingrootsfarm
Cherry's Cottage @cherryscottage
Rural farms in WA to follow:
Kamayan Farm-Ariana de Lena, Filipina-owned farm in Carnation @kamayanfarm
Small Axe Farm, Black-led farm in Sammamish @blackfarmerscollective
Sweet Hollow Farm-Vero Vergara, multiracial queer worker-owned cooperative farm in Woodinville @sweethollowfarm
Good Rain Farm-Michelle Weeks, Indigenous-led farm in Camas @goodrainfarm.
Asian American-owned farms in the US to follow:
Farmer Mai-Mai Nguyen (Sebastopol, CA)
Namu Farm-Krystyn Leach (San Francisco, CA)
Shao Shan Farm-Scott Chang-Fleeman (Bolinas, CA)
Electronic Resources:
"Hope in a Changing Climate" by Dr. John D. Liu, about reversing desertification: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLdNhZ6kAzo&t=124s
Leah Penniman, keynote address on ancestral farming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvQJP8QP-Ng&t=116s
The Indigenous Science of Permaculture: https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-nature/the-indigenous-science-of-permaculture?fbclid=IwAR3yxc-GbWxDEWDFjMHBQshGh81NjsbaZdgZ3WHmLxHh-H_WOx-LsxFLmWU
Asian American farmers: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/young-asian-americans-turn-farming-means-cultural-reclamation-n1072036
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Cherry’s contact: [email protected]
Beacon Food Forest: https://beaconfoodforest.org/volunteer
https://beaconfoodforest.org/
Follow Campus Sustainability Offices:on Instagram @uwbsustainability or @sustainabilityatcascadia
Check out our websites uwb.edu/sustainability or cascadia.edu/bassp
Image art by Sarah Blechner