Looking to make a difference in the representation and healing of Black land stewards?
Consider becoming a Black Yard Ally and making monthly contributions towards The Black Yard Farm Collectives continued development and mission. Your contribution will allow for the sustainable growth and care of the Farmland, animals and land stewards on the property. It will support in creating affordable access for Black folks and folks of the African diaspora to education and experiences on the farm
Looking to make a difference in the representation and healing of Black land stewards? Consider becoming a Black Yard Ally and making monthly contributions towards The Black Yard Farm Collectives continued development and mission.
In Return, You Will Receive:
Quarterly farm updates from the farm, so you can see what your money is helping support
Special invite to our annual farm to table celebration
The opportunity to directly support a black farm
The opportunity to build towards an alternative to capitalism and participate in a form of wealth redistributing
Ongoing suggested reading list
Membership Can Be Canceled Anytime
If you are unable to contribute monthly, there is the option of making a one time donation in the amount of your choice, just click on the Donate button at the top of the page!
Black Yard Farm is currently a black centered, black women, single member farm collective working to increase representation, ownership and diversity in our current agricultural system. The plan to do this consists of:
1. Continuing to build out a farm operation that provides subsidized high quality food to underserved communities suffering under food apartheid
2. Creating a comfortable learning environment where black students can learn about different farm practices and history from educators who look like them.
3. Allowing Black folks space and opportunity to reconnect with land allowing for the experience of leisure in agricultural space. It is important to continue to provide an alternative to the narrative of black folks only experience with farming being Sharecropping and Chattel slavery where black folks were enslaved and exploited.
FAQ
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The genocide of indigenous Americans and forced labor and enslavement of African folks allowed America to grow its economy exponentially. It is because of this that Reparations are owed. True Reparations should come from the United States government. While we anticipate the development of this repair on a government level as individuals there are opportunities to provide much needed relief on a smaller scale in real time.
Interpersonal reparations are a way for individuals who benefit from race and economic privilege due to said atrocities, to redistribute some of that wealth to folks who have been kept from receiving those necessities. Where and what we choose to spend our money on makes a statement about what we value and is highly influential. Black Yard Farm Collective is a Black centered farm business that has not had the same opportunities, access to capital and the ability to thrive due to circumstances created by racism and the racial wealth gap in this country.
Your participation in this opportunity is a way to personally contribute to the repair of harm, exploitation and mistreatment done to black folks.
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Your contributions will help cover the many costs necessary with running the farm including but not limited to producing educational material for workshops shared virtually and on farm. Being able to provide free and low cost access to the farm, food, education and farm based activities.
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At times I may give a shout out to our contributors in a newsletter or on social media, if you would like to remain anonymous, that is great, just please let us know.
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No, Black Yard Farm is not a non-profit/charity (501c3) business. We are a for profit farm business operating within a system that has historically exploited black folks and used our labor to build wealth in this country through sharecropping and chattel slavery and countless other predatory tactics. Wealth and Resources continue to be withheld from black communities. Your contributions are a way to redistribute some of that wealth to alleviate some of those wrong doings.
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Each month, you’ll receive an emailed receipt for your contribution. At the end of this email is a link to easily cancel your subscription at any time.