LAnd ACCESS & LOCAL PROJECTS
The following are Jefferson County land access projects that are breaking new ground and need community support!
KAWAMOTO WIPALA PROJECT
Located on 148 acres at the historic Japanese-American Kawamoto Farm in Quilcene, WA. The Kawamoto - Wipala farm transition team is formed by Ana Galvis and Brent Walker, two human beings that have dedicated their lives and professional careers to learn and practice the skills to build a more sustainable relationship with their communities and environments. Brent and Ana have the determined and very productive support of their communities and families, the Kawamoto family and institutions such as the Jefferson County Land Trust and the Jefferson LandWorks .
Learn more at: kawamotowipala.holisticsustainabilities.org
Support their vision HERE.
WOODBRIDGE FARM PROJECT
For those of you unfamiliar with Woodbridge Farm, we’re a 24-acre farm located along a salmon stream in the fertile Chimacum Valley of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Woodbridge was purchased in 2018 by Peter Mustin, one of rural Jefferson County’s only Black farmers and one of its largest Black landowners. As a steward of the land, Peter’s vision of Woodbridge Farm is to cultivate community while caring for the soil, growing good food and flowers, and providing space for Black, Indigenous, and people of color to experience the life-affirming bounty nature provides.
Learn more at: woodbridgefarm.net
Support HERE.
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LAND ACCESS
As real estate values sky rocket, and climate change creates new pressures, land access has been and continues to be a challenging issue in our rural community. Roots of Resilience is active in a range of conversations to understand land access barriers and the aspirations of people who have been systematically deprived of opportunities for land ownership.
We are researching innovative equity-forward models from around the country, such as:
and developing relationships with national organizations and efforts that are advancing land-based social justice work, such as The Gardens of Tuskegee and the Black Food Justice Alliance. We’re also growing a regional coalition of support from land and resource community organizations such as Jefferson Land Trust, Jefferson Community Foundation, Jefferson Landworks Collaborative and Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship.
Farmers in Chimacum connected and collaborated for several years with Dr. Jasmine Ratliff, Terrence Jackson, and the farmer activists with The Gardens of Tuskegee, arising out of the Agriculture department at Tuskegee University in Alabama, to host 'Southeast by Northwest’ — an ongoing cross-pollinating conversation between our regions of the country. These conversations address sustainable agriculture, land access, food justice and efforts in our respective communities to grow a more equitable and healthy foodscape. You can read the report from the 2021 convergence and view their video below.
KAWAMOTO WIPALA PROJECT
Located on 148 acres at the historic Japanese-American Kawamoto Farm in Quilcene, WA. The Kawamoto - Wipala farm transition team is formed by Ana Galvis and Brent Walker, two human beings that have dedicated their lives and professional careers to learn and practice the skills to build a more sustainable relationship with their communities and environments. Brent and Ana have the determined and very productive support of their communities and families, the Kawamoto family and institutions such as the Jefferson County Land Trust and the Jefferson LandWorks .
Learn more at: kawamotowipala.holisticsustainabilities.org
Support their vision HERE.
WOODBRIDGE FARM PROJECT
For those of you unfamiliar with Woodbridge Farm, we’re a 24-acre farm located along a salmon stream in the fertile Chimacum Valley of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. Woodbridge was purchased in 2018 by Peter Mustin, one of rural Jefferson County’s only Black farmers and one of its largest Black landowners. As a steward of the land, Peter’s vision of Woodbridge Farm is to cultivate community while caring for the soil, growing good food and flowers, and providing space for Black, Indigenous, and people of color to experience the life-affirming bounty nature provides.
Learn more at: woodbridgefarm.net
Support HERE.
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LAND ACCESS
As real estate values sky rocket, and climate change creates new pressures, land access has been and continues to be a challenging issue in our rural community. Roots of Resilience is active in a range of conversations to understand land access barriers and the aspirations of people who have been systematically deprived of opportunities for land ownership.
We are researching innovative equity-forward models from around the country, such as:
- Soul Fire Reparations Map for Black and Indigenous Farmers
- Agrarian Trust
- Black Land and Power Coalition
- National Young Farmers Coalition
and developing relationships with national organizations and efforts that are advancing land-based social justice work, such as The Gardens of Tuskegee and the Black Food Justice Alliance. We’re also growing a regional coalition of support from land and resource community organizations such as Jefferson Land Trust, Jefferson Community Foundation, Jefferson Landworks Collaborative and Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship.
Farmers in Chimacum connected and collaborated for several years with Dr. Jasmine Ratliff, Terrence Jackson, and the farmer activists with The Gardens of Tuskegee, arising out of the Agriculture department at Tuskegee University in Alabama, to host 'Southeast by Northwest’ — an ongoing cross-pollinating conversation between our regions of the country. These conversations address sustainable agriculture, land access, food justice and efforts in our respective communities to grow a more equitable and healthy foodscape. You can read the report from the 2021 convergence and view their video below.