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The buzz of the summer season has still not winded down, even as we swiftly approach the autumnal equinox. In this spirit, much like nature, Summer for SAAFON has been a time of activation, moving and shaking, being in the “field.” We get busy when our farmers get busy, and the months leading up to Fall are spent on farms, in the landscape, and continuing our institutional development work to be in solidarity and service.  

We are pleased to announce our inaugural Agrarian Revival Fest: Rooting in Our Practices on Saturday, October 12, 2024, at Boggs Rural Life Center in Keysville, Georgia. 

In mid-February, Virgin Islands Good Food Coalition held its inaugural Island Food Systems Summit at the University of the Virgin Islands, drawing farmers, farmer advocates, policymakers, and organizations representing the food system of the Caribbean islands and beyond.

This report is a culmination of many years of work and serves as an introduction to the topic of Black agrarianism and land loss

This spring our farmers observed an enlivening, electric time of renewal, fertility, rebirth and the start of the planting season. Organizationally, SAAFON has been preparing for a growing season that reflects 18 years of expansion of the work that our ancestor Cynthia Hayes initiated, seeded, stewarded and continues to grow.

The morality of Black Agrarianism has always embodied an honor for nature reflected through land stewardship, even within SAAFON’s founding strategy that sought to pave ways for black farmers to benefit from their deeply rooted organic practices.