Agraria_Journal_Summer_2022

AGRARIA JOURNAL SUMMER 2022 CONTENTS Follow us on Facebook (@TheAgrariaCenter), Instagram (@agraria_farm), or SEARCH "Agraria" on YouTube BOB HUSTON Black Farming in the Here and Now AMY HARPER 4 Inhabiting Agraria’s Bioregional Vision MEGAN BACHMAN 6 A Prayer for Black Farmers CHERYL SMITH 9 Building Bridges Past Trauma to Reconnect with the Land YOLANDA OWENS 10 Tuning in to the Future SUSAN JENNINGS 12 Centering Black Farmers in the Search for Racial Justice TERENCE COURTNEY 16 Learning on and from the Land KAT CHRISTEN 18 A Journey of Food Sovereignty and Wholeness SOPHIA BUGGS 20 A Call to Teach, to Grow, to ‘Share Earth Wisdom’ OMOPÉ CARTER DABOIKU 22 And What of the Soil? CHERYL DURGANS 24 Worshipping at the Church of Dirt OMOPÉ CARTER DABOIKU 25 The Past and Future of a Movement ROSE HARDESTY 26 Agraria Highlights: 2017-2022 28 A Living Legacy that Keeps Growing BETH BRIDGEMAN 30 Growing a New Crop of Regenerative Farmers TIA STUART 32 Regenerating Land and Community AMY HARPER 33 Supporting and Connecting BIPOC Farmers TIA STUART 34 A Spring Afternoon on the Narrow Way Farm TIA STUART 36 A New Look for Melrose Acres AMY HARPER 38 What’s Happening on Agraria 40 New Faces Around Agraria 43 Upcoming Events and Programs in 2022 48 Agraria By the Numbers 50 A Big Agraria Thank You to Our Friends and Supporters 52