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Capital for Black farmers and land stewards
We recover financial capital and redirect it as unrestricted grants to Black farmers and land stewards across Oregon and Washington.
Oregon & Washington · Est. 2020
Supporting Black farmers and land stewards
The Black Food Fund fuels Black-led food systems transformation across the Pacific Northwest.
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Grants redistributed
49
Black farmers & land stewards
$204K
Capital moved since 2020
53
Acres into Black ownership
Our mission
Shifting capital toward Black self-determination
The mission of the Black Food Fund is to fuel Black-led food systems transformation across the Pacific Northwest. Our goal is to shift capital in ways that build wealth, self-determination, and resiliency for Black people within our regional food system.
How we move capital
Three streams of the same current
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Black land justice
We fund Black-led land acquisition and stewardship projects that integrate Afro-Indigenous practice, communal healing, and community ownership.
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Advocacy & coalition building
We organize farmers in our network and build alliances that push for Black-specific, systemic investment in our regional food system.
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From the network
October 8, 2026
Black Food Fund Reparative Grants Open October 12
Applications open Monday for $100,000 in funding to support Black farmers in Oregon and Washington
July 12, 2024
BAE Featured on the Farming While Black IG Live
Farming While Black's Instagram Live welcomed the Black Agrarian Ecosystem — Shantae, shiny, and Jamese — for a conversation on Black food and land justice across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.
April 14, 2024
The Collins Foundation's Black Equity Movement Grant
The Black Food Fund received a Black Equity Movement General Operations Grant from The Collins Foundation, whose committee distributed $2,390,000 to Black-serving and Black-led organizations in 2023 alone.