Ogden, Joel Salatin, and the Future Voices of Sustainable Ag in America
**Edit: Please read Chris Newman’s “Everything I Want to Do Is Racist”.
I am sharing a letter I sent on Aug. 19th to Ogden Publishing, home of Mother Earth News. The second letter is written by Clara Coleman, also sent that day and shared here with her permission. The latter includes emails between Clara and Joel Salatin. Both my letter and Clara’s have been co-signed by over 200 fellow farmers and land stewards at the very bottom of this post.
Ogden’s editors and publisher were responsive to our letters and held a zoom roundtable discussion on Aug. 26th with Clara, myself and other signatories to address the demands in Clara’s letter. While we are encouraged by the publication’s first steps, we are deeply disappointed at their reluctance for transparency in this matter.
Because of the opacity with which it was handled, speculation and accusation are rampant as to why Salatin’s privilege of a platform with Mother Earth News was revoked. I hope that in sharing these letters some context can be assigned.
These efforts are not about canceling a voice. They are not reactionary measures to silence Joel Salatin. We have engaged in this work because some of the leading current theories and platforms in sustainable ag are rooted in colonialism and slavery, in land theft, and in racism. For our immediate purposes here, Joel Salatin, who has led the small ag movement for decades, has been repeatedly harmful in his language and thereby with his platform. My wish is that Salatin can listen to this critique and incorporate what he learns into his work. While I sincerely hope that every individual has that capacity to listen, see their wrongs, learn and grow we do not have the luxury of time to wait any longer.
We will not stand by as more harm is done to our BIPOC fellow farmers and land stewards. This is bigger than Joel. This is bigger than Mother Earth News. This about the future of this food movement. As I say in my letter to Ogden, our BIPOC fellow farmers and the platforms they use are the future voices of sustainable ag and land stewardship in America. This future is inclusive. This future is BIPOC lead. This future is going to upend the long-implied elitist notion that small, organic, sustainable ag is for whites only.
My letter to Ogden 8/26:
To the Editors of Ogden,
I hope by now you are well aware of the growing controversy surrounding Ogden’s relationship with Joel Salatin. I first became aware of this in July when Chris Newman of Sylvanaqua Farms linked to Joel’s self-published essay “Whining and Entitlement”. The essay is a response to a critique Chris offered of a few of Joel’s ag assertions. If you haven’t yet read it, I urge you to, so you may become intimately familiar with the prejudicial thinking with which your publishing house has aligned. What is at debate here is not the question of how many cow days per acre are possible, though I sincerely wish it were. Instead, Joel uses obtusely racist tropes, his power and his privilege to dismiss and silence Chris’ challenge.
As a former contributor to your publications and a reader and follower of your many titles, I was deeply disturbed by the way your organization decided to censor (through comment deletion and blocking) Chris, and his followers’ calls for you to concretely address this attack, and your relationship to Joel. They asked, repeatedly and respectfully for you to call out the racist perspectives for what they are and to commit to the anti-racism work that is imperative to the future of sustainable ag in America.
Please, do not respond with the completely ludicrous notion of being short staffed. We saw in real time as superficial questions were answered thoughtfully on the same post while urgent, genuine comments were censored. It is important that such a public platform learn to be graceful in the art of an apology. You were wrong, own that. It is the very least you can do to show respect to the people that care enough about your voice that they attempted to engage you in this conversation. This post was a classic example of gaslighting. This was not an apology. We do not feel the effects of you listening. The fact that this was followed with (to date) 20 superfluous posts addressing everything from natural hair dyes and the language of garlic is deeply offensive and tells us; no, you are not listening. You will not take this seriously.
I would also urge you to read through the comments on @polyfacefarm’s account when talking about this very issue. Think long and hard about these prejudicial views. Is this the kind of readership to which you are desperately trying to appeal? Does this strike you as the future voice of sustainable ag? I would hope the answer is an emphatic “NO” to both, but your silence on the issue worries me that it might be a meek “yes” instead.
If you are clinging to any notion that Joel’s words have been misconstrued, his intention benign I’d ask you to consider the following that he wrote just last week to Clara Coleman (co-signed below) in a misguided attempt to intimidate her into retracting her support for Chris Newman. Joel writes “I would suggest that the BIPOC folks who feel America offers them no opportunity should give up all modern conveniences and return to their tribal locations and domiciles.” Is this the man you see as the future of farming in America? Is it just for nostalgia that you cling to his name?
We young farmers have heretofore seen Mother Earth News and her sister publications as a national platform for leaders in sustainable ag. To continue to lead, in 2020, you must be a platform actively committed to anti-racism. We need to see you using your publications to elevate the voices of the Black and brown farmers and homesteaders that are the new and future leaders of sustainable ag. We must see you actively reject the racists perspectives of Joel Salatin and the like. Mother Earth News cannot be a safe haven for this sort of thinking, we need you to be explicit in your rejection of this racism.
I have seen many people online brush off the patronizing and offensive aforementioned essay as coming down to a matter of tone and accusing those who take offense of an abundance of misplaced sensitivity. Much like the accusations of the essay’s author. We are whining, we are entitled. But this is neither whining nor entitlement. This is hard work, this is innovative thinking, this is anti-racism, this is the future of sustainable ag and homesteading in America in 2020. This future is inclusive, this future is BIPOC lead, this future is going to upend the long-implied elitist notion that small, organic, sustainable ag is for whites only.
We are asking that you editors, join us in insisting that Ogden Publishing House commit to a more elevated and inclusive future for the movement.
Sincerely,
Kate MacLean
Longest Acres Farm of Chelsea, Vermont
And Clara Coleman’s letter to Ogden on 8/26
To the Editors of Ogden,
Six months ago, I did not know of Chris Newman of Sylvanaqua Farms — a farmer with a huge following and an inspiring farming vision — because BIPOC voices in regenerative sustainable ag are rarely being amplified and celebrated. My world and bookshelves had been stacked with the writings of deceased white farmers and pioneers of their time like Sir Albert Howard and George Henderson, and then the revered classics of Bill Mollison, Michael Pollan, Joel Salatin, and of course my father Eliot Coleman, and more recently the rock-star farmers like Jean-Martin Fortier and Curtis Stone. These white farmers and writers have offered inspiration, innovations and value to the world of organic regenerative sustainable agriculture, and their published works will be forever referenced.
The problem is, while the ones living today may be wildly popular and have almost cult-like followings, they are not the only voices that I want to hear and read, they are not the only voices that need to be heard and read, and in no way should any of them be revered and supported if and when they share racist statements and perspectives in 2020.
In early January of this year, I created a crowd-funding campaign called Real Farmer Care to highlight the important work of farmers and provide each recipient with monetary support for their self-care needs. As of today, there are 102 recipients, more than 42 are BIPOC, and with the impacts of COVID-19 and the increased demand for local food, this work has become even
more critical. After the horrendous murder of George Floyd and the ensuing national uprisings, conversations around racial justice in agriculture have taken on renewed urgency. Throughout history BIPOC voices have been ignored or silenced, and so I use my platform @fourseasonfarm to help amplify the voices and encourage donations to the work of many of the BIPOC recipients of Real Care Farmer.
When I heard about Chris’ comments and countless others being deleted and blocked on @motherearthnewsmag, I was appalled. These comments were merely asking for accountability from this publication: accountability to evolve as an organization, accountability to do better to support and amplify the voices of BIPOC farmers, and accountability for the racist statements
made toward a Black and Indigenous farmer, Chris Newman, by one of their contracted contributors, Joel Salatin. In his blog piece, “Whining and Entitlement” he used offensive language such as ‘leaving the fort’ and ‘take some arrows’ and specifically glorified Bill Cody and his fight against ‘Hostile Native Americans.” I used my platform @fourseasonfarm to call out
@motherearthnewsmag and bring attention to this matter so that Chris’ experience of Joel’s racist behavior would not continue to be silenced or dismissed. Joel ended up making a public apology, yes, but that is not where this story ends. Only a few days later, Joel sent me an email saying that he had heard in his feedback loop that I had called him a racist and asked if it was
true.
The following emails need to be read in their entirety to highlight the seriousness of the harmful racist language Joel continues to use throughout our correspondence:
On Jul 29, 2020, at 9:54 AM, Joel Salatin wrote:
Hi Clara —
I’m not on social media at all, so I get feedback from folks around the country who are, and it’s come to my attention that you are calling me a racist. I have neither the desire nor time to ferret out if this is true; it’s in my feedback loop and the way I handle things like this is to go straight to the person, without
judgment or prejudice, and ask point blank: is this true? I could say more right now, but I won’t. I’ll leave the ball in your court and see what you pitch back.
Thank you.
Blessings,
Joel
On Jul 29, 2020, at 3:06 PM, Clara Coleman wrote:
Dear Joel,
Thank you for reaching out and opening a conversation about racism in agriculture. To directly answer your question, it is true that I posted a call to action on our Instagram page regarding the situation with Mother Earth News Mag and Black and Indigenous farmer Chris Newman of Sylvanaqua Farms.
However, I did not personally attack you or call you a racist. I called out Mother Earth News Mag for deleting and silencing the dozens of comments and questions made on their Instagram posts after Chris Newman had asked Mother Earth News Mag to address his experience of racist statements made by you in your blog ‘Whining and Entitlement’ in which you used language such as ‘leaving the fort’ and ’take some arrows’ and directly mentioned Bill Cody and ‘Hostile Native Americans.’ Regardless if you did not intend to make any racist statements, these ARE racist statements and the harm and impact was made against Chris, who is both Black and Indigenous.
I’m learning that as a white person living in a racist society, I need to actively work on becoming anti-racist by speaking up about these uncomfortable and challenging social issues and how they manifest in sustainable agriculture.
I’m learning that, for white people, there is no neutral ground with racism, and that racism falls on a spectrum — either we are overt racists, complicit racists, or we recognize and examine our own conditioned and internalized racism and work daily to dismantle it to become anti-racist. I also believe that
in order to make just and equitable changes in agriculture, it is critical to hold institutions and people accountable for problematic racist behavior, of which we, as white people, ALL have and do, which is why we’re making efforts to cultivate the awareness to recognize this behavior and do better. My post asked Mother Earth News Mag to do better, to apologize to Chris for silencing him, to start addressing the systemic racism that exists in agriculture, and to make a commitment to being anti-racist by supporting and uplifting BIPOC voices both on social media and in their publications.
I hope you can recognize that being called out on racist statements is not an automatic determination of being good or bad, it is not a reflection of your worth or value, nor does it invalidate the groundbreaking work and contributions you’ve made to sustainable agriculture over your lifetime. This is fundamentally about human rights and social justice in agriculture and keeping ourselves accountable in the roles we play as leaders with prominent platforms in the industry. I believe that the future of sustainable agriculture
is about social justice, and there can be no ‘culture’ in agriculture without social justice.
If you’d like to read my post word for word, please see below. I look forward to having further discussions with you about dismantling racism in sustainable agriculture.
My best to you and your family,
Clara
“July 25th Farm Stand, and @motherearthnewsmag you can do better.
.We’ve got beefsteak and heirloom tomatoes in at the Farm Stand this Saturday! BUT what’s more important, is calling out the deplorable behavior of @motherearthnewsmag in deleting comments and blocking BIPOC Farmer Chris of @sylvanaquafarms for addressing the racist perspectives of some of
their contributors. Additionally, they deleted many more commenters asking the publication to address the racist views of Joel Salatin and commit to anti-racism work as a publication. As an organization with such an immense influence and following in the farming landscape, they must do better including apologizing to Chris @sylvanaquafarms, making a public statement to support anti-racism in agriculture, as well as amplifying and uplifting BIPOC voices in the publications and on their platforms moving forward. To learn more, follow Chris @sylvanaquafarms, and join me in calling out @motherearthnewsmag to be held accountable and do better.
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This week we will be donating a portion of our Farm Stand tomato sales to Chris’ mission @sylvanaquafarms to build a regionally based farm collective that feeds people in an arc from Baltimore to DC, and vertically integrates the value chain so that the value in the food system can go back to the land and the farmers who protect it. We need new collective sustainable farming systems led by BIPOC farmers and we support this vision.”
On Jul 29, 2020, at 5:28 PM, Joel Salatin wrote:
Hi Clara —
Thank you for the explanation and for sending me your original post on this. I assume you did not contact TMEN to ask if Chris’ allegations were true or if they had a logical explanation. If you did not, I humbly submit that going public with a rumor was prejudicial and exhibited inadequate due diligence. I have talked with them, and indeed they have numerous mitigating circumstances, much of which are caused by the pandemic.
Civilized people assume innocence before guilt and seek first to understand;
barbarians speak before listening and learning. Where has common courtesy gone?
I appreciate that you did not call me a racist; however, you said clearly that I made racist comments. That, of course, is a judgment call. The fact is that historically people out of the fort first did receive arrows. That is not racist; it is a fact of history and works well as an instructive metaphor about leadership savvy. Ditto the other metaphors. According to TMEN, Chris told them that if they didn’t get rid of me, he would not write for them. I call that social revenge, not social justice; indeed, I would say it’s extortion. I would never offer such an ultimatum to a publication to which I aspired to contribute. If he is the future of small farmers, then I hereby relinquish all association with them; perhaps I can come up with a new name. What justice is there in
silencing my voice? Isn’t there room for both Chris’ and my voices? What happened to diversity? There is no dialogue here; just verbal terrorism.
I would suggest that the BIPOC folks who feel America offers them no opportunity should give up all modern conveniences and return to their tribal locations and domiciles.
While I certainly agree America has racist people, I can assure you that this vengeful, hate-filled agenda is not the way toward progress. It’s a downward spiral to disintegration and cultural chaos. I’m actually quite offended that you judged my historically factual metaphors as racist, but I will not vilify
you on social media or make any public judgmental comments about you. I will continue to tell people you are a fantastic person, one I greatly admire, a leader for us all and a voice I want to hear. I will turn the other cheek; how about you?
Blessings,
joel
Joel Salatin
Polyface FarmEditor, The Stockman Grass Farmer
Joel clearly makes an indisputable racist statement when he states, ‘BIPOC folks who feel America offers them no opportunity should give up all modern conveniences and return to their tribal locations and domiciles.” A farmer who shares these racist views, no matter how famous or revered or how much clout they have headlining events, should not be supported by or a part
of your organization. Actionable steps must be taken to hold Joel accountable and any other farmers with influence who publicly share similar racist views.
Based on my family’s and my own professional friendship with Joel over the years, I could have ignored these blatantly racist statements for the sake of maintaining my own comfort and not wanting to create tension within my family. But then I would be silencing Chris’ experience and complicit in Joel’s racist behavior, and that is simply unacceptable. It is my duty as an anti-
racist, even at potential personal risk to myself, to stand up, speak up, and speak out when racial injustices have occurred, and I expect the same and more from you and your institution.
I want to amplify and listen to the voices of BIPOC farmers like Chris and learn more about his collective farm vision and Reparational Ag; the voice of Amber Tamm and her healing relationship with Momma Earth and reimagining a better food system; the voice of Indy Srinath and her work managing an urban rooftop farm to nourish houseless populations in food insecure areas; the voice of Spring Alaska of Sakari Farms to inspire young women to carry on their traditions in powerful and healthy ways; the voice of Michelle Week of Good Rain Farm in decolonizing diets, revitalizing culture, food sovereignty, and returning to reverent sustainable land stewardship; the voice of Rhyston Mays of Phillies Bridge Farm Project in his work as a
Black earth worker who is creating a space for himself and others to thrive amidst the fabric of systemic racism; the voices of June and Angela Provost of Provost Farm in their mission to ‘cultivate equity’ and spread awareness around the depletion of the Black farmer and landowner; the voice of Cheyenne Sundance of Sundance Harvest who is a 23 year old youth
offering free educational farming workshops to low income youth who are Black, Indigenous, POC, and LGBTQ2S.
These are just a few examples of inspiring BIPOC voices and they are the future of organic regenerative sustainable ag. We, as a growing collective of farmers, want to listen to them, read their works, and stack our bookshelves with their books. This is the real work we expect and demand from your publications and events. I want to be very clear that I am not writing this letter as an attempt to ‘cancel’ Joel Salatin — the issues of systemic racism within agriculture are much bigger than any one individual farmer with racist views, power and influence. My letter is about speaking truth to power and holding leaders and institutions in agriculture accountable for problematic and highly offensive racist behavior and views. My letter is for all the BIPOC farmers of Real Farmer Care and countless others who need strong allyship in the agricultural landscape. My letter is about creating a just, equitable, and anti-racist country, and the hard conversations and uncomfortable work we, as people of white privilege, all must do to make any real change happen. I believe there can be no ‘culture’ in agriculture without social and racial justice.
My calls to action are:
1) To hold Joel’s racist statements and views accountable with clear actionable consequences;
2) To honestly and effectively address these issues as an institution;
3) To commit to anti-racism work with actionable and transparent steps as an organization;
4) To amplify the work of BIPOC farmers in your publications, events and social media and create a safe space for BIPOC by holding white followers accountable for their harmful words;
5) To host a roundtable meeting in three weeks to learn how the above action steps are progressing and being implemented.
Signed,
Clara Coleman
Four Season Farm
Signed, Farmers who support Kate and Clara’s letters:
Sophie Ackoff & Martin Lemos, Co-Executive Directors of National Young Farmers Coalition
Leah Penniman, Soul Fire Fire
Larisa Jacobson & the entire team of Soul Fire Farm
Cheyenne Sundance, Sundance Harvest Farm, Toronto, Canada
Anastasia Cole Plakias, Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm
Ben Flanner, Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm
David Bohlen, Bohlen Family Farms
Spring Alaska, Sakari Farms
Hannah Crabtree & Jesse Frost, Rough Draft Farmstead & No Till Growers Podcast
Kate Spring & Edge Fuentes, Good Heart Farmstead
Helena Sylvester, Happy Acre Farm
Meg Paska, Biscuitwood Farm
Natalie McGill, Perennial Roots Farm
Mel & Kyle Forrest Burns, Nye Ranch
Indy Srinath, LA Community Action Rooftop Garden
Bil Thorn, Sky Island Farm
Emma Jagoz, Moon Valley Farm
Kelsey Jorissen & Paul Olesen, Green Willow Homestead
Michelle Week, Good Rain Farm
Owen Taylor, Truelove Seeds
Radicle Naomi, Susu Heals
Scarlett Salamone, Loveland Acres Farm
Angela & June Provost, Angela Provost Farm
Alyssa Hessler, The Urban Exodus & Howe Hill Farm
Arianna & Colin Smorawski, Roaring Lion Farm
Stacy Brenner, Broadturn Farm
Mary Creveling & Nicole Gilmore, Silver Seeds Farm
Finegan Ferreboeuf & Jason Gold, Steelbow Farm
Emma Cunniff, Kneehigh Farm
Amy Rose & Derek Foll, Virginia Free Farm
Danny Morales & Katey Vankerkhove, Rigor Hill Farm
Katelyn Duban, Duban Farms, Alberta, Canada
Dallas, Harriet Tubman Freedom Farm
Rose Madden, Pink Barn Farm
Kathryn LaFramboise, The Raspberry Roost
Brandie Bonde, Harmony Farm
Logan Bell & Geer Gillespie, Low Gear Farmstead
Annalise Hagen, Strawpocket Farm
Lucie Resch, The Little Green Wagon
Rowen White, Sierra Seeds
Taylor Mendell, Footprint Farm
Beth Sattenwhite & Erik Grimstad, Even Pull Farm
Jordan Scheibel, Middle Way Farm
Adam Danforth, Butcher and Author
Farai Harreld, Herbalist
Roxanne Masters, Roots n Earth Farm
Josh Viertel, Harlem Valley Homestead
Diane Einsiedler, Harlem Valley Homestead
Abbie Corse, The Corse Farm Dairy
Howard Prussack, High Meadows Farm
Benjamin Fahrer & Rupa Marya, Top Leaf Farms
Dominic Pascarelli, Two Farmers Farm
Melissa Hessney Masters, Tanglebloom Flower Farm
Hannah & John Doyle, Boneyard Farm
Melissa Smith, Longfield Flower Farm
Christine Lazor, Butterworks Farm
Ashanti Williams, Farmer at Taqwa Community Farm
Schuyler Gail, Climbing Tree Farm
John Cleary, Cleary Farm
Jess & Brian Powers, Working Hands Farm
Brian Campbell & Crystine Goldberg, Uprising Seeds
Veronica Flores, YouTube Creator & Citizen Scientist
Elizabeth Miller, Minto Island Farm
Jordan & Jay Uth, Olde Moon Farm
Shanti Rade, Whipstone Farm
Petra Page-Mann, Fruition Seeds
Josh Sattin, Sattin Hill Farm
Eileen & James Ray, Little Seed Farm
Siri Erickson-Brown & Jason Salvo, Local Roots Farm
Chandler Briggs & Leila Schneider, Hayshaker Farm
Mary Colombo & Brian Shipman, Wild Roots Farm
Emily Cooper, Full Cellar Farm
Quinn Richards & Theus Weiskopf, Farmpunk Salads
Lane Selman, Culinary Breeding Network
Catherine Nguyen, Mora Mora Farm
Josh Volk, Slowhand Farm
Vera Fabian & Gordon Jenkins, Ten Mothers Farm
Caitlin Frame & Andy Smith, The Milkhouse Dairy
Seren & Steve Sinisi, Old Crow Ranch
Courtney Grimes-Sutton & Asa Thomas Train, Mace Chasm Farm
Daniel Mays, Frith Farm
Ana Gabriela Solis, Farmer at Frith Farm
Molly Markell, Farmer at Frith Farm
Abram Marr, Farmer at Frith Farm
David Noriega, Farmer at Frith Farm
Kate Enright, Farmer at Frith Farm
Ana Maria Zabala, Farmer at Frith Farm
Sean Simpson, Assistant Farm Manager at Four Season Farm
Maggie Young, Farm Crew at Four Season Farm
Katy Severson, Farm Crew at Four Season Farm
Claudine Nayan, Farm Crew at Four Season Farm
Esme Benson, Farm Crew at Four Season Farm
Joana Luntz, Bluma Farm
Sarah & Kris, Good Taste Farm
Alexis Koefoed, Soul Food Farm
Andrew, Indian Summer Farm
Will Holloway, Blue Leg Farm
Bari Zeiger, Greater Catskills Young Farmers Coalition, Healing Poem Farm
Cara Germain & Michael Zuger, Free Living Farm
Matt Lavergne, Black Moon Hollow
Emily Day, Bell Brook Farm
Lena Voghel, Window Box Farm
Amanda Barker, Cotyledon Farm
Luke & Whiney Deccicio, Abundance Family Farm
Hillary Wilson & Worth Kimmel, PTB Farm
Mai Nguyen, Farmer Mai
Shepherd Chandler, Dog Skull Farm
Kathie Arnold, Twin Oaks Dairy LLC
Larry Tse, Farm Manager at Dig Acres
Tawna Parker, Gratefull Gardens
Liz Pickard, Former Organic Farmer of 13 years
Lisa Bloodnick, Bloodnick Family Farm
Stephanie Morningstar, Executive Director of Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust
Maureen Knapp, Cobblestone Valley Farm
Farmer Cee, Green Heffa Farms
Elizabeth Henderson, Farmer, Activist, and Writer
Rhyston Mays, Phillies Bridge Farm Project
Liz & Nate Brownlee, Nightfall Farm
Roberto Meza, Emerald Gardens
Olivia Cleveland, This Mountain Farm
Julia Asherman, Rag & Frass Farm
Hana Fullmer, Tierra Vida Farm
Ian Colburn, Ironwood Farm
Olivia Watkins, Oliver’s Agroforest LLC
Jody Bolluyt & Keri Latiolais, Roxbury Farm CSA
Alex Pino, Revolution Farm
Brian & Anne Bates, Bear Creek Organic Farm
Chantel Johnson, Off Grid in Color
Mimo Davis & Miranda Duschack, Urban Buds Farm
Amber Tamm Canty, Farmer + Horticulturist + Floral Designer
Kim Cook, Philadelphia Farmer
Hannah Breckbill & Emily Fagan, Humble Hands Harvest
Jacqueline Pilati, Reclaim Seed NYC
Reyna Banteah, Ts’uyya Farm
Maya Marie Stansberry, KCC Urban Farm
Lindsey Lusher Shute, Hearty Roots Community Farm
Christina Chan, Choy Division Farm
Crystal & Eric Stevens, Grow Create Inspire
Marya Miriam, Farmworker
Kristin Klenow & Jimi Tutor, Clyde Farm
Sarah Lyons Chase, Chaseholm Farm
Christina Miller, Greenbow Farm
Kristyn Achilich, Farm Manager at The Farm at St. Michael’s College
Rural Vermont, www.ruralvermont.org
Stephanie, Wild & Rooted Farm
Ashlyn Bristle, Rebop Farm
Hanna Jenkins, Tapalou Guilds
Marina Keating, Sokoki Falls Farm
Jenn Colby, Howling Wolf Farm
Caitlin Burlett, Wild Carrot Farm
Kiley Clark, Farmer + Photographer
Maggie Kaiser, Too Tall Farm & Nursery
Holly Rippon-Butler, Butler Family Farm
Nick Zigelbaum, Longest Acres Farm
Adrienne Nelson, Pittsburgh farmer
Zoey Fink & Carlos McCord, Farmshark Farm
NOFA-VT
Shankari & Dan Goldstein, Waddle Om Farm
Heather Griffith, Farm Crew at Country Rail Farm
Maddie Morley & Ben Roberts, Grass + Grit Farm
Kellee Matsushita-Tseng, UCSC Farm & Garden, Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food
Erica Rincon, National Young Farmers Coalition
Andy Breiter, Grama Grass and Livestock
Sarah & Bubba King, Godspeed Hollow Farm
Dr. Claudia Ford, PhD
Christine Hutchinson, Our Core Incorporated
M. Karlos Baca, 4th World Farm
Kenya Lazuli, Farmer + Member of Northeast Farmers of Color Network
Emily Mickley-Doyle, Co-Founder of SPROUT NOLA
Marguerite Green, Fat River Flowers
Jesica Clark, Willow Vale Farm
Camas Davis, Good Meat Project, Portland Meat Collective
James O’Donnell, Allora Farm + Flowers
Neftali Duran, I-Collective
Andrew Plotsky & Rita Champion, Stitchdown Farm
Will O’Meara & Jill Verzino, Hungry Reaper Farm
Meredith Leigh, Author
Vicki Hames, Wagon Trail Gardens
Tim LaSalle, PhD, Co-founder Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems
Kirsten K. Shockey, Author
Elise Higley, Oshala Farm
Lauren Stine, White Hoof Acres
James Maginot, Beyond Organics
Lisa McCrory & Carl Russell, Earthwise Farm & Forest
Sarah King, God Speed Hollow
Morgan & Chad Beckwith, Ice House Farm
Nancy Vail, Pie Ranch
Heather Wodehouse, Phillies Bridge Farm Project