About 

The Food and Land Justice Fund has transitioned to New Communities and Jubilee Justice!  

Former Project Leads & Advisory Committee

Project Leads:

Shirley Sherrod, Executive Director, Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, Inc, Co-Founder, New Communities, Inc.

Konda Mason, Founder and  President, Jubilee Justice

Advisory Committee:

Jessica Norwood, Founder and CEO, RUNWAY

Amber Bell, Consultant, Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, Inc.

Ife Kilimanjaro, Co-Executive Director / Managing Director, Soul Fire Farm

Mikhiela Sherrod, Program Director, Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, Inc.

2023 FOOD AND LAND JUSTICE FUND GRANTEE PARTNERS

• African American Agriculturalists Association – Buena Vista, GA
• BAMA Kids, Inc. – Camden, AL
• Black Farmers Hub Green Book – Raleigh, NC
• Black Mycelium Project – New Market, TN
• Dianne’s Call – Columbia, SC
• Dreaming Out Loud, Inc. – Washington, DC
• East Baker Historical Society – Newton, GA
• EcoWomanist Institute – Chicago, IL
• FarmerJawn & Friends Foundation – Philadelphia, PA
• Florida Food Policy Council – St. Petersburg, FL
• Francis Flowers & Herbs Farm LLC – Pickens, MS
• Fresh Future Farm Inc. – Charleston, SC
• FreshGreens Market – Montgomery, AL
• HABESHA, Inc. – Atlanta, GA
• Hood Huggers Foundation – Asheville, NC
• Jones Gardens – Staunton, VA
• Kentucky Black Farmers Association – Richmond, KY
• Lowcountry Action Committee – Ladson, SC
• Mankanda Ahia LLC – Indian Trail, NC
• Marquitrice L Mangham (In Her Shoes) – Villa Rica, GA
• Marshview Community Organic Farm, Inc. – St. Helena Island, SC
• Mileston Cooperative A.A.L. – Tchula, MS
• Mississippi Center for Cultural Production – Utica, MS
• New Vision Community Development Corporation – Hartsville, SC
• Pick 42 Foundation – Mullins, SC
• Reuben V. Anderson Center for Justice – Tougaloo, MS
• Rural Beacon Initiative – Durham, NC
• Sharleen O. JeanBaptiste – Saint Martinville, LA
• Sol Underground – Atlanta, GA
• Southside Community Farm (Sekou Coleman) – Asheville, NC
• Sustaining Environments Through Education and Economic Development, Inc. – Ocala, FL

’21 – ’22 FOOD AND LAND JUSTICE FUND GRANTEE PARTNERS 

ROUND ONE (December 2021)

• Farms to Grow, Inc – Oakland, CA 
• Black Food Fund – Portland, OR 
• Drinking Gourd Farms – Phoenix, AZ 
• Reuben V Anderson Center for Justice – Tougaloo, MS
• East Baker Historical Society – Newton, GA 
• Dianne’s Call – Columbia, SC 
• Growing Augusta: Arts, Agriculture, & Agency – Hephzibah, GA 
• Marshview Community Organic Farm, Inc. – St. Helena Island, SC
• Come Up Project’s Gangstas to Growers – Atlanta, GA 
• The Ramapough Culture and Land Foundation – Newton, NJ
• Acres of Ancestry Initiative/Black Agrarian Fund – Washington, D.C.
• Southside Action Pact – South Ozone Park, NY
• Rustic Roots Sanctuary Co – St. Louis, MO 
• Lugenia Burns Hope Center – Chicago, IL 
• I-Collective – Appleton, WI
• Soul Food Project – Indianapolis, IN 

ROUND TWO (April 2022)

• Burundians Iowans Association, Inc. – Des Moines, IA 
• Medicine Bowl – Green Mountain, NC
• Tierra Negra Farm at Earthseed Land Collective  – Durham, NC
• Pick 42 Foundation – Mullins, SC
• Fresh Future Farm – Charleston, SC
• The Local Farm Cooperative – Selma, AL
• Ohelaku – De Pere, WI 
• Black Oaks Center – Chicago, IL
• Solidarity Economy STL – St. Louis, MO
• Lakota Youth Development – Herrick, SD
• Jones Gardens – Staunton, VA
• Flower Hill institute – Jemez Pueblo, NM
• Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund – Detroit, MI
• Kumano | Ke Ala – Waimea, HI
• Fresh Rx Oklahoma – Tulsa, OK 
• Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute – Callaway, MN