Firmly Planted: Honoring the Work & Resistance of the Black Woman Farmer

**Tickets go on sale Friday, September 20th @ 6:00 PM**

The Farm Alliance of Baltimore invites you to an unforgettable evening at the historic Parkway Theater on Friday, November 15th from 6:00-10:00PM, honoring and celebrating Black women farmers.
The event begins with food and libations by from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, followed by screenings of two powerful films, and . These films highlight the significant impact and legacy of Black women in agriculture.

After the screenings, engage in a panel discussion featuring the stars and creators of the films:

• Leah Penniman (Soul Fire Farm)
• Karen Washington (Rise and Root Farm)
• Mark Decena (Director of Farming While Black, Kontent Films)
• The Aunties: Paulette Greene & Donna Dear (Mt. Pleasant Acres Farms)
• Charlyn Magdaline Griffith-Oro & Jeannine Kayembe-Oro (Directors of The Aunties, Wholistic. Art)
  

Moderated by Blain Snipstal (Black Dirt Farm Collective), the panel will explore themes of resilience, community, and the vital role Black women play in farming.

- Farming While Black is a feature-length documentary film which examines the historical plight of Black farmers in the United States and the rising generation reclaiming their rightful ownership to land and reconnecting with their ancestral roots.

As the co-founder of Soul Fire Farm in upstate New York, Leah Penniman finds strength in the deep historical knowledge of African agrarianism – agricultural practices that can heal people and the planet. Influenced and inspired by Karen Washington, a pioneer in urban community gardens in New York City, and fellow farmer and organizer Blain Snipstal, Leah galvanizes around farming as the basis of revolutionary justice.

In 1910, Black farmers owned 14 percent of all American farmland. Over the intervening decades, that number fell below two percent, the result of racism, discrimination, and dispossession. The film chronicles Penniman and two other Black farmers’ efforts to reclaim their agricultural heritage. Collectively, their work has a major impact, as each is a leader in sustainable agriculture and food justice movements. 

- A short format climate documentary based on the lives of Black farmers Paulette Greene, and Donna Dear, and the legacies of Harriet Tubman and Mt. Pleasant Acres Farms. This film intends to inspire QTBIPOC communities in the climate justice field to continue their work and to bring those witnessing on the sidelines into climate action and activism. We see our protagonists in active stewardship of the land that they have grown alongside for almost 30 years. The film touches on themes of race and gender, offering viewers the opportunity to consider connecting the legacies of enslavement, freedom, and Black eldership.

This event is organized in partnership with:
Rise and Root Farm
Wholistic. Art
Blacksauce Kitchen

Thank you to our generous sponsors:
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Farmer Grant

Host or Publisher Farm Alliance of Baltimore