December 21, 2024
BAE Winter Retreat
The Black Agrarian Ecosystem convened on Wy'East (Mt. Hood) for its final planning retreat — shaping shared practices, a collective vision, and core values across six Black-led organizations.
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July 12, 2024
BAE Featured on the Farming While Black IG Live
Farming While Black's Instagram Live welcomed the Black Agrarian Ecosystem — Shantae, shiny, and Jamese — for a conversation on Black food and land justice across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
May 20, 2024
BAE Spring Retreat
The Black Agrarian Ecosystem gathered on the Oregon coast for its inaugural planning retreat — building relational soil, group cohesion, and trust among six Black-led food and land organizations.
April 14, 2024
The Collins Foundation's Black Equity Movement Grant
The Black Food Fund received a Black Equity Movement General Operations Grant from The Collins Foundation, whose committee distributed $2,390,000 to Black-serving and Black-led organizations in 2023 alone.
December 20, 2023
Black Ag Ecosystem Ideation Session
The Black Food Fund organized an ideation session at a 20-acre farm in Corbett, Oregon — hosted by Feed'em Freedom Foundation and facilitated by Andrew Kent X — to recognize collective accomplishments in Black food and land justice.
November 25, 2023
Christopher and Arlo Join the Black Food Fund Team
The Black Food Fund welcomed Christopher Rachal, a Reparative Strategy Consultant and Two-Spirit member of the Natchitoches Tribe, and Arlo Bush, Community Wealth Redistribution Advisor.
October 25, 2023
Co-Founder Joins Just Economy Institute Fellowship
Co-founder Jamese Kwele joined the Just Economy Institute Fellowship — a network of financial activists working to shift capital and power toward a more just economy.
October 19, 2023
Black Food Fund at BUGS
The Black Food Fund team traveled to Philadelphia for the 2023 Black Farmers and Urban Growers (BUGS) conference, joining food-system leaders from Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle, and Austin.
September 30, 2023
Black Food Fund at Love the Land
The Black Food Fund joined Love the Land, a community event supporting local farms hosted by Washington Farmland Trust at Seattle Farm in Rainier Beach.
September 30, 2023
43 Acres for Black Land Stewardship
The Black Food Sovereignty Coalition acquired a 43-acre farm near Centralia, Washington in partnership with Washington Farmland Trust, with capital from the Black Food Fund — on unceded Chehalis lands.
March 10, 2023
Farmers for Climate Action: Rally for Resilience
The Black Food Fund organized a delegation of four Black farmers from Oregon and Washington to advocate for climate-friendly farm policy at the national Rally for Resilience in Washington, D.C.