We want to amplify the work of BIPOC-led organizations and businesses across our region, and ask for you to support them with your attention and money.
During this time, it is NOT helpful to ask people of color what they need or how you can help. Direct financial contributions speak LOUDLY and are one of the best ways you can show your support.
POC-led Organizations in WNC Include:
- Asheville Black Lives Matter
- BeLoved Asheville
- Center for Participatory Change
- Men and Women United for Youth and Families
- RAFI USA Farmers of Color Network
- WNC Workers Center
POC-led Farms in the Southern Appalachian Region include:
NORTH CAROLINA:
- Abanitu Organics Farm
- Faithfull Farms
- First Fruits Farm
- Fresh Future Farm
- Golden Organic Farm
- Green Heffa Farms
- Growing High Point
- Hempfinity
- The Harriet Tubman Freedom Farm
- Kindred Seedlings
- Lionpaw Botanicals
- Moonlight Farms
- Mother’s Finest Urban Farms
- Off Grid in Color
- Oliver’s Agroforest
- Pine Knot Farms
- Rayburn Farms
- Sankofa Farms
- Savage Farms
- Southside Community Garden
- Tall Grass FoodBox NC
- Transplanting Traditions
- Urban Community AgriNomics (Catawba Trail Farm)
SOUTH CAROLINA:
VIRGINIA:
POC-led Food Businesses in WNC include:
- Cooking With Comedy Catering
- Dreadlife Kitchen
- The Ettison Group
- Smallcakes
- Sweet Thangs
- Tiger Bay Cafe
If there are others we have missed and should be added to this list, please let us know!
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