Jamese Kwele, Co-Founder of the Black Food Fund, has joined the Just Economy Institute Fellowship, an influential and innovative network of financial activists (183 strong) working to shift capital and power in service of a more just economy. Jamese is participating in the 9-month JEI Fellowship alongside 26 other financial activists committed to shifting the…

The Black Food Fund is thrilled to welcome Christopher Rachel and Arlo Bush to our team. Christopher and Arlo will support the mission of the Black Food Fund by co-leading capital redistribution, community engagement, communications, and fundraising strategies. Christopher Rachael (he/él), Reparative Strategy Consultant Christopher is a Two-Spirit member of the Natchitoches Tribe with roots…

The Black Food Fund team traveled to Philadelphia to participate in the 2023 Black Farmers and Urban Growers conference. Oregon-based food system leaders gather at BUGS in Philly. A group of food system leaders from Philly, Portland, Seattle, and Austin gathers in Philadelphia. Co-Founder, Jamese Kwele, with Marc Lamont Hill academic, author, and activist at…

Black Food Fund was thrilled to attend Love the Land, a community gathering in support of local farms, hosted by Washington Farmland Trust at Seattle Farm in Rainier Beach. During the event, Washington Farmland Trust shared about their efforts to protect threatened farmland across the state. In June of this year, WA Farmland Trust partnered with our sister organization, Black Food Sovereignty Coalition to…

This past June, the Black Food Sovereignty Coalition acquired 43 acre farm in partnership with Washington Farmland Trust. The Black Food Fund redistributed financial capital to support the acquisition. Shifting capital to Black land stewards in support of land justice is an important component of our broader efforts to catalyze transformative, Black-led change in our regional food…

In March 2023, the Black Food Fund organized a delegation of four Black farmers from Oregon and Washington to participate in the three-day Farmers for Climate Action Rally for Resilience event in Washington, D.C. Members of the OR/WA Black Farmer Delegation included: On March 7, Nyema, Azzhaley, Mercy, and Bashira joined hundreds of farmers for…