MISSION

The Persimmon Collective Fund is a practitioner-led mutual aid resource to support BIPOC Farmers and Land stewards in their on and off farm organizing efforts, uplifting their work, nurturing cultural technology, and reweaving the collective agrarian spirit of past, present, and future generations.

VISION

The Persimmon Collective Fund envisions well-resourced, regenerative, and thriving land-based BIPOC ecosystems where the wisdom of those who steward the land is heeded and honored.

working collectively
& cooperatively

integrity

land and farming as an organizing strategy

relational organizing

intergenerational learning

honoring heritage
& cultural practices

The Persimmon Collective Fund relies upon a group of Farmer Advisors to help with the “big picture” vision and implementation of the fund, and they also make up the review boards whom make decisions on funding allocations for both the Farmer Organizer and BIPOC farmer grant resource opportunities. Our Farmer Advisors are multigenerational BIPOC farmers and land stewards from the states that we serve.

2023 Advisors

David Anderson, Cherokee Agricultural Company

Kirtrina Baxter, Soil Generation

Keisha Cameron, High Hog Farm

Michael Carter, Jr. , Carter Farms

Delia Dubon, Tierra Fértil

Kifu Faruq, Medicine Bowl

York Glover, Gullah Farmers Cooperative Association

Zel Hutcherson, Down By the River Farm and Art Collective

Bernard Obie, Abanitu Organics

Alsie Parks, SAAFON

Blain Snipstal, Earthbound Builders