Seeding Solidarity

A Food Sovereignty Collaborative of Finca Luna Búho & Woven Roots Farm

Seeding Solidarity actualizes food sovereignty through fresh food distribution, workshops/knowledge shares, community gatherings, youth agricultural education, migrant justice support, language justice, ancestral connection and joy.

As a majority immigrant and BIPOC-led initiative, we are a holistically trust-based and culturally relevant initiative that is rooted in reciprocity and deep relationship with the land.

Seeding Solidarity is the largest solidarity share program in Massachusetts and the longest running food access initiative in Berkshire County.

2024 Highlights

• Door-to-door distribution of 30,590 pounds of fresh vegetables from January through December—over 10,875 miles driven across Berkshire County;

• A 14% program increase this year from 162 to 184 families;

• 11 workshops and community gatherings at Finca Luna Búho and Woven Roots Farm;

• All with language justice access—providing weekly bilingual communications about nutritional, seasonal and culturally relevant information... with over 98% of Seeding Solidarity participants Spanish-speaking;

• 9 youth agricultural and land immersions—with Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School (BART), Home City Housing Youth Agricultural Scientists in Springfield & Williams College

• Countless volunteer hours—ensuring deliveries— every week, without fail!—to our beloved Seeding Solidarity participants...(without any full-time paid staff...yet!)

Centering Language Justice

A significant foundational piece of our collaborative work is the inclusion of language justice. We work with language as an honoring of transformation and a way to nourish our relationships. We welcome language as a means to shift, remember, and adapt —allowing for the expansiveness of what we hold in our hearts. Together, we witness how language inclusivity plants seeds of change.

All of our communications are written in Spanish first and then translated into English. This centers the majority of our collective and community members whose first language is Spanish. It is a way to expand participation with our collective members. Beyond feeling like a tangible move to increasing accessibility for our work, this prioritization has also felt like an energetic shift to dismantle English being the predominant language. To change this allows us to be present in multiple perspectives and experiences.

Equitable Sliding Scale

One way we have partially funded Seeding Solidarity is through the further expansion of our CSA Equitable Sliding Scale model at Woven Roots Farm. This is a pay-based model that offers a price range that reflects an individual’s ability to pay for items/services with accountability to our interconnectedness. The funds received from the “More Than Market Value” share purchase contribute directly to our Seeding Solidarity Share Fund. We believe that implementing these systems of care gives a way for wealth redistribution to tangibly offer solidarity.