Back to the Roots: Growing a Food Sovereignty Network

Back to the Roots: Growing a Food Sovereignty Network 🌱✨

📅 Date: February 21, 2026

📍 Location: Evergreen State College, Tacoma

⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

🎯 Theme: Empowering Black and Brown farmers, entrepreneurs, and advocates to reclaim food sovereignty, strengthen urban agriculture, and build community resilience.

Reconnecting with the Land. Reclaiming Our Food.

Food is power. Land is legacy. Back to the Roots is a transformative gathering designed to empower Black and Brown communities by fostering food sovereignty, cooperative economics, and sustainable agriculture. This intimate, plant-filled event will bring together urban farmers, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and food justice advocates for a day of learning, networking, and action.

Why You Should Attend:

✅ Build Community & Collaboration – Connect with Black and Brown farmers, food entrepreneurs, and advocates shaping the future of urban agriculture.

✅ Learn from Experts – Explore sustainable farming, AgriSolar energy solutions, co-op business models, and food distribution networks.

✅ Get Inspired – Engage with speakers, interactive workshops, and live demonstrations showcasing self-sufficient farming, land stewardship, and alternative energy solutions.

✅ Speaker’s Session: – Hear from Community leaders and Visionaries present their community-focused projects and initiatives centered around farming, food justice, community solar, and cooperative business models.

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Event Highlights:

💡 Speaker’s Session: Community leaders and Visionaries present their community-focused projects and initiatives centered around farming, food justice, community solar, and cooperative business models.

🌿 Workshops:

• Data & Decision-Making for Small Farms
• Cooperative Models for Collective Growth
• AgriSolar & Alternative Energy Solutions
• Building Local Food Distribution Networks🍽️ Networking Lunch & Exhibits: Enjoy plant-based meals, connect with like-minded changemakers, and explore hands-on demonstrations of urban agriculture tools.

🌾 Keynote Address: Join Adasha Turner of Black Seed Farms along with community members agency and leaders for a panel discussion on “Seed of Strength standing in our resilience to build flourish in future amidst modern challenges” This even underscores the power of community involvement and collaboration.the

Who Should Attend?

🌍 Farmers, food entrepreneurs, educators, activists, students, policymakers, home gardeners, and anyone passionate about food justice!

For more details, contact: Adam Powers Adam@keytechlabs.org

🔥 Let’s reclaim our food systems, restore our communities, and plant the seeds for a just, sustainable future. Join us! 🌱💪