The Community Land issue's articles will cover how communities can gain access to land, the stories of obstacles BIPOC communities face in the pursuit of land, as well as offering hope through stories of communities that have overcome these obstacles and succeeded in gaining equity and sustainability.
Some of the articles included in this issue are
Publisher’s Note: Land in a Sustainable and Just Society by Sky Blue
Notes from the Editor: Connecting Land and Community by Chris Roth
Black Land Matters: An Interview with Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm by Sky Blue; transcribed/edited by Dana Belanger and Chris Roth
Review: Farming While Black Ira Wallace
Land Speaking through the People: The Great Work of Our Times by Cassandra Ferrera
The Dilemmas of Being a Benefactor: Creating a Community Land Trust by Carolyn North
Cross-Class Cooperation and Land Access by Yana Ludwig
How We Came to Inherit a Salmon Stream by Kirsten Rohde
Growing Together through Trauma, with the Land by Tracy Matfin
Community, Land, Self: We’re Part of the Same Elephant by Chris Roth
What Can We Learn from the Amish? by Michael McClellan
On Community: Your Community and the Law by Diana Leafe Christian
Wow, I'm so glad Leah Penniman is in this issue! An interview and a review of her book, "farming while black," which i think should be mandatory reading for everyone in the land and ag conversatin.
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