Rooted in Healing, Growing Together
Cultivating Connection Through Community and Land
Soul Soil Collective is a multiracial collaboration of Black, Indigenous, trans*/NB/gender-expansive and queer healers, landworkers, educators, and organizers nurturing right relationship with the land and each other.
Creating Sanctuary for Healing and Connection
At Soul Soil Collective Farm, we strive to create a sanctuary where those facing systemic barriers to land access—particularly Black, Indigenous and LGBTQIA communities—can find rest, education, healing, and connection. Less than 1% of farmland in the United States is currently owned by Black people, and only 3-4% by Indigenous people. Yet we all benefit from the legacy of Black and Indigenous wisdom, sweat, and care that is woven through the land, ecosystems, and food systems of this country.
By securing a farm and community space, we aim to cultivate restorative relationships with the land and each other, offering culturally-competent and ecology-informed programming that is accessible to underserved populations.
Honoring Land, Ancestry, and Community
We acknowledge the ancestral lands of the Susquehannock and Piscataway peoples, where we live and work, and the colonial injustices that disrupted these connections. Our work is rooted in reparative action, including paying land tax to displaced Indigenous peoples and fostering partnerships that prioritize Indigenous wisdom and ecological restoration. Through this, we aim to repair relationships with the land and its original stewards while building an equitable and sustainable future.
Building a New World Together
Soul Soil Collective Farm focuses on empowering Black, Indigenous, and trans*NB/gender-expansive leaders to foster healing and transformation. Goals include promoting collective liberation through offerings such as: establishing trans-centered therapy programs, hosting intergenerational retreats, and offering holistic land-based healing services to underserved communities. We believe collaboration is key to creating a future grounded in justice and connection.
Our Mission
About Soul Soil Collective
Soul Soil Collective is a multiracial, Black and trans*/NB/gender-expansive led-and-centered collaboration of healers, landworkers, makers, educators, and organizers. Together, we nurture right relationships with the land and each other. Rooted in Afrofuturist values and Indigenous knowledge, we challenge the legacies of colonial capitalism by co-creating trauma-informed and community-oriented opportunities for healing, learning, and building deeper connections with the more-than-human world in Baltimore, MD.
Soul Soil Collective Farm, Inc., our non-profit organization, was formed to acquire and steward farmland where we can host educational programming on environmental care, land-based healing practices, and transformative retreats. Through this initiative, we aim to cultivate spaces for community growth, resilience, and reconnection.
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― Jen West, Whitelock Community Farm
"The earth is practices of loving, and needing each other. We are interdependent, and we are the earth."
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