You Belong to the Land: A Conversation with Karen Washington and Leah Penniman

By Karen Washington, Leah Penniman, Center for Humans and Nature

When the Center for Humans and Nature set out to shape a question on farming, we asked Karen Washington and Leah Penniman if they would be willing to have a conversation about their work.

By Reconnecting With Soil, We Heal the Planet and Ourselves

By Leah Penniman, YES! magazine

The truth is that for thousands of years Black people have had a sacred relationship with soil that far surpasses our 246 years of enslavement and 75 years of sharecropping in the United States.