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YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMS

We are inspiring the next generation of land stewards and preparing them for the future of land-based living. We offer: 

  • Intergenerational, land-based learning experiences that inspire youth and families to develop climate-forward skills and a deep relationship with the earth.

  • Nature School (K–8) offering exploration-based education that nurtures curiosity, confidence, and a lifelong passion for land stewardship.

  • Mother-centered community spaces on the farm to harvest food, share skills, build resilience, and cultivate meaningful connection.

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE EDUCATION & CONSERVATION

We support aspiring and current Black farmers and land stewards to develop culturally-relevant, ancestrally-rooted, sustainable agriculture skills through educational intensives. 

  • Culturally-rooted agricultural workshops that equip aspiring and current Black farmers with sustainable, ancestrally grounded land stewardship skills

  • We steward and conserve land as a living foundation for food sovereignty and community resilience

  • Relational, community-centered learning spaces that weave regenerative agriculture with ancestral wisdom to nourish both land and people.

UMOJA FARMER NETWORK & INCUBATOR FARM

To support Black farmers in building wealth and increase their economic potential, we are: 

  • Operating the Black Leaders in Agriculture Collective (BLAC) Network, a statewide virtual hub connecting Black farmers, ranchers, land stewards, and conservationists.

  • Reducing isolation and building solidarity by fostering meaningful relationships, shared strategy, and collective power across the agricultural landscape.

  • Expanding economic opportunity through shared resources, funding access, investment pathways, financial education, and ongoing agricultural skill development.

FARM TO TABLE

Farm-to-table centers local farmers, land stewards, and seasonal abundance. It shortens the distance between grower and eater, building trust, transparency, and nourishment that extends beyond the plate.

  • Rooted in relationship honoring the hands, histories, and land that make each harvest possible, and restoring intimacy between people and the food that sustains them. 

  • Seasonal and place-based meals shaped by what the land offers in real time, reflecting local climate, soil, and cultural wisdom rather than convenience or excess.

  • Nourishment as stewardship gathering to eat as an act of responsibility and care, tending soil health, community well-being, and the generations still to come.

BAE WORKSHOPS & VOLUNTEERING

(B)lack (A)gricultural (E)cosystem is a land-based network of organizations offering workshops, events, and volunteer opportunities rooted in knowledge, food sovereignty, and cultural healing.

  • Workshops hands-on learning rooted in Black agricultural knowledge, land stewardship, and ancestral practices.

  • Events seasonal gatherings that celebrate food, culture, and community through shared meals, art, and connection to land. 

  • Volunteering opportunities to support land-based projects while building skills, relationships, and collective care.

WORD IN THE WOODS

A spiritual gathering that connects people to land, nourishing them so they can root deeply and build together.

  • Word in the Woods is our monthly spiritual community gathering creating space for prayer, song, reflection, and meaningful connection rooted in land and open to people of all backgrounds and beliefs.

  • Culture and ritual as infrastructure: Through art, music, storytelling, and shared presence, we build trust, metabolize grief and change, tend conflict, and strengthen the relational foundation that sustains land-based work.

  • Community impact from newborns to elders gather throughout the year, often filling our 30-foot yurt with nearly 50 people at a time, traveling from Corbett, Portland, and beyond for unhurried spiritual nourishment in nature.

WEABL - WE ACTIVATE BLACK LANDS

A movement that reflects a shared commitment to collective well-being.

  • Collaborative and ecosystem-centered, WeABL is hosted alongside Black-led organizations across the Black Agricultural Ecosystem, advancing land access, food sovereignty, and collective care.

  • Grounded in relationship and repair, participants tend soil, plant trees, build infrastructure, and engage living histories of Black land stewardship, resilience, and futurity.