Soul and Soil Project envisions communities empowered and connected by locally-thriving and just food systems, embodying human creativity and cooperative systems reflecting Nature’s principles of Reciprocity and Sustainability.
Black-owned healing and educational farm in Western North Carolina. It offers cut flowers, medicinal herbs, herbal medicine, environmental and farm education, and sanctuary for BIPOC and queer folks. In 2023, Tamarya plans to expand their farm operation to include culturally relevant vegetables and operate as co-op centered in racial and food justice, education, and healing.
An urban food space in the historically segregated Black Southside neighborhood of Asheville, North Carolina, which exists on stolen Cherokee land. Since 2014, SCF has been a BIPOC-centered space for neighborhood residents to enjoy healthy food and to connect with nature and each other, which is especially important in a neighborhood that includes four low-income public housing developments (Erskine, Walton Street, Livingston Heights, and Bartlett Arms) and which lacks basic access to fresh food.
The vision of the Shiloh Community Association is to cultivate and promote: Cooperative relationships among residents, property owners and businesses in the community;
Harmonious growth and development of the community; Health, educational, and residential programs for children of the community; Quality housing development in the community; Good citizenship among and by residents of the community
Growing gardens, cultivating community, transforming trauma. Located in the Burton Street Community of West Asheville, we are an eclectic collection of gardens, art, and people…a place to find plants, produce, Black history, inspiration, and deeper connection.