Our Team
We are dedicated to creating an alternative food system that places the wellbeing of Black farmers and Black communities at its center.
Leadership
Alsie Parks
Co-Executive Director
Whitney Jaye
Co-Executive Director
Alisha Johnson Perry
Director of Development
Tamara “Tammy” Harris
Engagement and Education Coordinator
Jason Lindsay
Farm Practices Specialist
Kayla Walker
Associate Director of Operations
Shelby Johnson
Associate Director of Membership
Jael Paul
Field Organizer- U.S. Virgin Islands
Zel Taylor
Southern Agrarian Youth Network Coordinator
Kiyah Harris
Communications Assistant
Our Board
Cynthia Hayes
Co–Founder 1950 – 2016
Always with us
Dr. Owusu Bandele
Co–Founder, Former Board Member
Yvette Browne
Board Chair, Sejah Farm of the Virgin Islands
Jesse Buie
Board Vice Chair,
Ole Brook Organics, MS
Dr. Cindy Ayers Elliott
Board Treasurer,
Foot Print Farms, MS
Blain Snipstal
Secretary, Earth-Bound Building
Sandra Simone
Huckleberry Hills Farm, AL