Food is more than just fuel; it is the fabric that holds a community together. When you stand in the grocery store aisle looking at a tomato shipped from three thousand miles away, it’s easy to feel disconnected.

We want to change that.

Leah Penniman’s Farming While Black is a groundbreaking contribution to the fight for social justice in the United States. Part political manifesto, part how-to guide for new Black and Brown farmers, part meditation on the meaning of solidarity, Penniman shines a light on two central questions in American history: land and labor.