LAnd Equity
The Chimacum Center has been active in a range of conversations to understand land access barriers and the aspirations of people who have been systematically deprived of opportunities for land ownership. We are researching innovative equity-forward models from around the country and developing relationships with national organizations and efforts that are advancing land-based social justice work, such as The Gardens of Tuskegee and the Black Food Justice Alliance. We’re also growing a regional coalition of support from land and resource community organizations such as Jefferson Land Trust, Jefferson Community Foundation, Jefferson Landworks Collaborative and Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship.
Farmers in Chimacum have been connecting and collaborating for several years with Dr. Jasmine Ratliff, Terrence Jackson, and the farmer activists with The Gardens of Tuskegee, arising out of the Agriculture department at Tuskegee University in Alabama, to host 'Southeast by Northwest’ — an ongoing cross-pollinating conversation between our regions of the country. These conversations address sustainable agriculture, land access, food justice and efforts in our respective communities to grow a more equitable and healthy foodscape. You can read the report from the 2021 convergence here and view their video: (add link).
We hope to continue this conversation in 2022 with a Northwest Farmer Convergence that serves as a symposium for education around land access, equity in the ag sector and small-scale community farming.
We seek to grow a regional coalition of support from land/resource/community organizations such as Jefferson Land Trust, Jefferson Community Foundation, Jefferson Landworks Collaborative and Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship.
Farmers in Chimacum have been connecting and collaborating for several years with Dr. Jasmine Ratliff, Terrence Jackson, and the farmer activists with The Gardens of Tuskegee, arising out of the Agriculture department at Tuskegee University in Alabama, to host 'Southeast by Northwest’ — an ongoing cross-pollinating conversation between our regions of the country. These conversations address sustainable agriculture, land access, food justice and efforts in our respective communities to grow a more equitable and healthy foodscape. You can read the report from the 2021 convergence here and view their video: (add link).
We hope to continue this conversation in 2022 with a Northwest Farmer Convergence that serves as a symposium for education around land access, equity in the ag sector and small-scale community farming.
We seek to grow a regional coalition of support from land/resource/community organizations such as Jefferson Land Trust, Jefferson Community Foundation, Jefferson Landworks Collaborative and Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship.