Leah Penniman
Farmer, Food Sovereignty Activist and Educator
soulfirefarm.org
Leah Penniman, a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for 25 years, currently serves as founding Co-Executive Director of Farm Operations at Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, a Black & Brown-led project that works toward food and land justice. She is the author of: Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land (2018) and Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists (2023).
Leah Penniman will be teaching a Bioneers Learning course: Children of the Land: Soul Fire Farm’s Approach to Raising and Mentoring Young People, learn more and register.
Keynote Address:
Leah Penniman – Free the People! Free the Land!
March 27th | 9:40 am to 10:01 am
Panel Presentations:
Food Justice from the Local to the Global: Raj Patel and Leah Penniman in Conversation
March 28th | 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm
Book Signings with Pegasus Books
March 28th | 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Introducing:
Film Screening: Farming While Black
March 27th | 7:35 pm to 8:45 pm
