NEFOC is in the process of planning its 2026 On the Way (OTW) Farm Tour, and we are seeking 3–4 BIPOC farming partners to support during our journey this fall.
What is the OTW Farm Tour?
The On the Way Tour is an initiative designed to support and uplift Black-owned farms and Black-led growing spaces in the Northeast. The tour brings together current and aspiring farmers to collaborate on meaningful, hands-on projects that strengthen farm operations while sharing sustainable and regenerative agricultural practices.
Goals & Mission
- Support Black Farmers: Provide hands-on assistance to Black-owned farms, addressing specific needs and operational challenges.
- Foster Community: Build relationships and strengthen connections among Black farmers across state lines.
- Promote Sustainability: Implement and exchange regenerative and sustainable farming techniques that support long-term farm viability.
Our Ask
We are seeking 3–4 BIPOC farms that are in need of hands-on support from a team of skilled BIPOC farmers. Our goal is to partner with farms located in the Northeastern region, with projects that can be meaningfully completed during a two-day visit.
Types of Projects
Project farms are invited to propose projects that meet their current needs, including but not limited to:
- Irrigation installation to improve water management
- High tunnel construction or repair to extend the growing season
- Field mulching or tarping to conserve moisture and enhance soil health
- Custom projects tailored to your farm’s priorities and capacity
Tour Dates: October 8–13, 2026 (Project farms typically host the tour for one full day.)
What Support Do Project Farms Receive?
Selected project farms will receive:
- A dedicated day of hands-on labor from a team of experienced and emerging BIPOC farmers
- Collaborative problem-solving and shared learning around regenerative practices
- Support with planning and scoping the proposed project in advance
- Increased visibility and connection within a growing network of Black farmers and land stewards
- Access to select tools and materials, when feasible, to support project completion
Join On the Way! today!
We are seeking 3–4 BIPOC farming partners, in the Northeast, to support during our journey this fall.
2024 FARM PARTICIPATED FARMS
Sweet Freedom Farm
Keney Park Sustainability Project
Sweet Freedom Farm
A team and network of farmers, organizers, and abolitionists committed to careful work with the emerging Grow Food Not Prisons movement and to responsible stewardship of that movement through all we do as a team. We currently maintain an involved network of incarcerated beloveds, partners, collaborators, volunteers, and funders to continue deepening our impact.
Rise & Root Farm
Keney Park Sustainability Project
Sweet Freedom Farm
Rise & Root Farm is a QT+BIPOC centered farm, founded on love, chosen family, and commitment to social justice. We center care in everything we do: for the land, ourselves, each other, and our wider communities. We work to uproot underlying systems of oppression in order to create liberation.
Located on Lenape land in Chester, NY, Rise & R
Rise & Root Farm is a QT+BIPOC centered farm, founded on love, chosen family, and commitment to social justice. We center care in everything we do: for the land, ourselves, each other, and our wider communities. We work to uproot underlying systems of oppression in order to create liberation.
Located on Lenape land in Chester, NY, Rise & Root Farm is a five-acre farm, run cooperatively by four owners who are women, intergenerational, multi-racial, and LGBTQ+. We’re located in the Black Dirt region of Orange County, NY, and are part of the Chester Agricultural Center.
Revival Road Farm
Keney Park Sustainability Project
Keney Park Sustainability Project
Revival Road Farm is a diversified, regenerative, reparative agricultural enterprise that strives to re-awaken soil health, connection of people with earth and revive joy and celebration on the land.
Siedric brings over 20 years of diverse experience in farming and hospitality. In addition to sitting on the board of the renowned Urban Farm
Revival Road Farm is a diversified, regenerative, reparative agricultural enterprise that strives to re-awaken soil health, connection of people with earth and revive joy and celebration on the land.
Siedric brings over 20 years of diverse experience in farming and hospitality. In addition to sitting on the board of the renowned Urban Farming Institute and establishing several urban farm sites in the greater Boston area, Siedric has made his mark on dozens of fine-dining restaurants and worked as the founding chef at Fresh Food Generation. Siedric brings extensive culinary knowledge and passion to farming and farm-marketing endeavors. Siedric is the co-owner and co-founder of Revival Road Farm, successfully running all business and farming operations.
Keney Park Sustainability Project
Keney Park Sustainability Project
Keney Park Sustainability Project
Our mission is to provide hands-on training, on-site demonstrations, educational outreach, and community collaborations that help families become more self-sustainable and environmentally conscious—all while preserving historic Keney Park.
To support our mission, we engage in three primary activities:
- Support the development and sustaina
Our mission is to provide hands-on training, on-site demonstrations, educational outreach, and community collaborations that help families become more self-sustainable and environmentally conscious—all while preserving historic Keney Park.
To support our mission, we engage in three primary activities:
- Support the development and sustainability of community-based food systems, i.e., farmers markets, community gardens, school based gardening, agricultural project and home gardens.
- Protect and preserve the 693-acre urban forest within Keney Park (which includes Gully Brook) by providing individuals employable landscaping and forest management skills, and as a result creating the next generation of employable parks workers and environmental stewards.
- Educate families about the impact of the environment on mental, physical and spiritual health by practicing sustainable techniques that promote a healthy symbiotic relationship between us and our environment
Wildflower Farm
Ummah Enterprises LLC
Liberation Farm
Wildflower Farm sustainably produces organically and ethically raised pastured and truly free range poultry and lamb and maintains a truly unique focus on humane animal husbandry policies and conservation practices. The farm also produces and preserves culturally relevant food and seed varieties from around the world and is host to K-12 ,
Wildflower Farm sustainably produces organically and ethically raised pastured and truly free range poultry and lamb and maintains a truly unique focus on humane animal husbandry policies and conservation practices. The farm also produces and preserves culturally relevant food and seed varieties from around the world and is host to K-12 , university and adult educational classes and workshops that are focused on sustainability, homesteading, and small scale farming.
Liberation Farm
Ummah Enterprises LLC
Liberation Farm
Liberation Farm mission is to nourish and provide space to grow people and plants. A Black vegan farm producing 100% organic produce such as okra, tomatoes, herbs, beetroot, greens, and beet juice. Liberation Farm organizes skill-building workshops, weekend retreats, camp-outs, vegan brunches, and group exploration hikes to provide Black
Liberation Farm mission is to nourish and provide space to grow people and plants. A Black vegan farm producing 100% organic produce such as okra, tomatoes, herbs, beetroot, greens, and beet juice. Liberation Farm organizes skill-building workshops, weekend retreats, camp-outs, vegan brunches, and group exploration hikes to provide Black people with rest, healing, education and training, peace and community, and mutual aid support.
Soulful Soils
Ummah Enterprises LLC
Ummah Enterprises LLC
Soulful Soils' mission is to provide organically grown food while growing a new wholesome and communal approach to home-scale farming. We are a Black woman-owned farm supporting people and families to be more self-sufficient and healthy, no matter their income, religion, politics, or race. We are connecting with the community by sharing and gaining knowledge while putting Soul back into our Soil.
Ummah Enterprises LLC
Ummah Enterprises LLC
Ummah Enterprises LLC
Ummah Enterprises is a veteran-owned and operated meat processing and mobile meat solutions farm. We are located in Turner, Maine just north of Lewiston.
At Ummah Enterprises, we not only care about the animals we raise, but the communities we feed. Our mission is to provide diverse food-insecure communities with clean, healthy and affor
Ummah Enterprises is a veteran-owned and operated meat processing and mobile meat solutions farm. We are located in Turner, Maine just north of Lewiston.
At Ummah Enterprises, we not only care about the animals we raise, but the communities we feed. Our mission is to provide diverse food-insecure communities with clean, healthy and affordable meats.
Ummah Enterprises recognizes that one of the most significant and persistent problems in Maine is the absence of economic and political support needed to provide food to those who need it. We are here to bridge the gap. So don't worry, we will do the hard work!
Soul Fire Farm
New Suns Community Center
New Suns Community Center
Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm and training center dedicated to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system.
With deep reverence for the Earth and wisdom of our ancestors, we practice regenerative agroecology, raise and distribute life-giving food, equip the rising generation of BIPOC farmers,
Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm and training center dedicated to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system.
With deep reverence for the Earth and wisdom of our ancestors, we practice regenerative agroecology, raise and distribute life-giving food, equip the rising generation of BIPOC farmers, and mobilize communities to work toward food and land sovereignty.
