BLACK OREGON LAND TRUST
BOLT is committed to eliminating the systemic barriers that continue to prevent Black communities from securely accessing land, because we believe that land sovereignty is the key to achieving our visions of food justice, generational wealth and health, cultural preservation, and thriving communities.
Our Lens: When Black Mothers & Children Thrive, We Protect Our Futures
At Black Oregon Land Trust, we are changing the narrative of what a farming family looks like, by centering mothers and youth in our programs and services. In the words of midwife Rachelle Garcia Seliga, “If you want to know the health of a community, look to its mothers.” In our approach to create a thriving Black agricultural ecosystem in Oregon, we center the needs and skill-building of mothers and children, knowing that when they thrive, communities thrive.
What is a Land Trust?
A land trust is an organization which acquires land to meet community needs through conservation, farming, and housing. A land trust sees land as a public good, rather than something to be privately owned. There different types of land trusts, namely conservation trusts and community trusts. BOLT is a community land trust focused on providing agricultural land to Black farmers and land stewards. Through BOLT, we are centering the importance of land access and security, while shifting the language of privately "owning" land, to collective land stewardship, with responsibility and accountability to community and the earth.
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