Resourcing farmers.
Securing land.
Honoring Southern agrarian wisdom.
The Persimmon Collective Fund is a practitioner-led mutual aid resource to support BIPOC Farmers and Land Stewards in their on and off farm organizing efforts, uplifting their work, nurturing cultural technology, and reweaving the collective agrarian spirit of past, present, and future generations.
How We Work
The Persimmon Collective Fund helps resource and support beginning and existing BIPOC farmers and land stewards through funding support, technical support, and by nurturing an ecosystem that uplifts and values an in-depth cultural lens to build relationships with individuals and collectives of farmers in NC, SC, GA and VA.
Our organizational commitment to community is rooted in the belief that lasting change grows from relationships, reciprocity, and collective care. As a practitioner-led mutual aid resource, we understand that farmers are not only recipients of support; they are knowledge holders, elders, healers, community leaders, organizers, and stewards whose lived experiences shape the future of our agricultural communities.
Program Highlight:
Agrarian Stewardship Program
The goal of the Agrarian Stewardship Program is to offer Southern BIPOC farmers accessible, community-centered lending options that foster growth, sustainability, and self-determination rather than extraction and exclusion.
