
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
