Farming While Black: ‘People Are Tired of Armchair Activism’

Mark Bittman catches up with author Leah Penniman to talk about injustice and redistribution of land

Mark Bittman
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5 min readMar 22, 2019

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Jonah Vitale-Wolff photos

In 2011, Leah Penniman co-founded the 72-acre Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York. Her mission is to end racism and injustice in the food system and maintain a commitment “to train the next…

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Mark Bittman
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Has published 30 books, including How to Cook Everything and VB6: The Case for Part-Time Veganism. Newsletter at markbittman.com.