Natasha BowensThe Color of Food
Stories of Race, Resilience and Farming
Natasha Bowens is an author, farmer, and political activist whose advocacy focuses on food sovereignty and social issues. As a young biracial woman in today's agricultural movement , she is dedicated to honoring, preserving and amplifying the stories of Black, Native, Asian and Latina farmers and food activists.
Prologue : Sowing Seeds for the Road
Part 1: Brown Girl Farming
Part 2: Rooted in Rights
Portrait 1: Land Is Freedom. Daniel Whitaker, Tillery, North Carolina
Portrait 2: Forced Migration. Alma Maquitico, The Border Agricultural
Workers Project
Portrait 3: Lifeblood of the Land. Tyrone Thompson, North Leupp Family Farm
Portrait 4: Home, Land. Gary and Kaye Kozuki, Kozuki Farms
Portrait 5: Black Land Loss. Gary Grant, Black Farmers and Agriculturists
Association
Part 3: Seeds of Resilience
Portrait 1: Katrina to Chickens. Yasin & Elaine Muhaimin, Yard Bird Farm
Portrait 2: Transitioning to Sovereignty. Luis Castañeda, SOLAR Farm
Portrait 3: Bucking Dependence. Renard "Azibo" Turner, Vanguard Ranch .
Portrait 4: Surviving as Transplants. Pang Chang, PEC Tropical Farm
Portrait 5: Transforming the South. Cynthia Hayes, Southeastern African
American Farmers Organic Network
Part 4: Preserving Culture and Community
Portrait 1: Cherokee Seed Bank. Kevin Welch, Center for Cherokee Plants
Portrait 2: Sustaining Community. Jenga Mwendo, Backyard Gardeners Network
Portrait 3: Acequia Culture. Don Bustos, Santa Cruz Farm
Portrait 4: Gullah Seedlings. Sará and Bill Green, Marshview Community
Organic Farm
Portrait 5: Taste of Home. Menkir Tamrat, Timeless Harvest
Part 5: Fierce Farming Women
Portrait 1: Alabama Strong. Sandra Simone, Huckleberry Hill Farm
Portrait 2: American Indian Mothers. Beverly Collins-Hall, American Indian
Mothers and Three Sisters Farm
Portrait 3: Sisters. Carol Jackson and Joyce Bowman, My Sister's Farm
Portrait 4: A Farm of Her Own. Nelida Martinez, Pure Nelida Farms and Viva
Farms
Portrait 5: Defying the Odds. Sulina, Sulina & Bay's Farm
Part 6: Generation Rising
Portrait 1: Tierra Negra. Tahz Walker and Cristina Rivera-Chapman, Tierra
Negra Farms
Portrait 2: Breaking Down Borders. Kandace Vallejo, Ivon Diaz, Cristina
Dominguez-Eshelman, Manny García
Portrait 3: Growing with Energy. Eugene Cooke, Grow Where You Are
Portrait 4: Kitchen Kwento. Aileen Suzara, Dennis Lee and Kristyn Leach,
Namu Gaji and Namu Farm
Portrait 5: Foods Are Our Teachers. Valerie Segrest, Muckleshoot Tribe
Epilogue and Acknowledgements: Coming Home
Collage : We Are Here Too
Appendix
Notes
About the Author
