Our Roots
FARE Farms connects African-descended agricultural heritage, Indigenous land relationships, cultural foodways, and community-based growing practices to cultivate resilient and connected communities.
Why we exist
For many Black and diasporic families, farming is ancestral knowledge — carried across oceans, through displacement, and into cities where land access is rare. In Vancouver, places like Hogan’s Alley remind us how quickly community spaces can disappear.
FARE Farms creates places where that knowledge can take root again: gardens, gathering spaces, and cultural landmarks designed with community, for community — while learning from the responsibilities of stewardship on Indigenous lands.
Land · Food · Culture · Community · Heritage
Our values
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Food Sovereignty
Communities deciding what they grow, eat, and share — on their own terms.
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Cultural Preservation
Keeping heritage crops, recipes, music, and stories alive and visible.
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Environmental Stewardship
Caring for soil, water, and pollinators with regenerative practices.
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Collective Empowerment
Shared ownership, shared leadership, and shared harvests.
We stand on their shoulders
Growers, organizers and community builders whose work shaped the land — and the spaces we gather in. Each profile is sourced and reviewed.
These profiles are being sourced and reviewed.
In the Knowledge Library
Region-specific histories of African farming traditions — each article sourced, credited, and reviewed with the communities it describes.
Explore heritage articlesVolunteer, partner, or contribute knowledge — every pair of hands helps something grow.