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Afro-Queeribbean Family Farm in NY
Growing callaloo & cultural crops
Land Equity • Food Justice• Cultural Preservation
Brooklyn ↔ Argyle, NY

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“Our identities as Black women manifest far beyond our queerness, but holistically, we know our relationship to land serves as a vital reminder that unity is not uniformity. Mother Nature understands that life thrives because of our beautiful differences. Yet the agricultural and environmental sectors have historically operated through a singular white, male, heteronormative lens.

When the gatekeepers of land, funding, distribution, regulation and agricultural education all look and think the same, we forget that it takes a multitude to sustain life. And that the earth proclaims multiplicity.”

DeVonne and Nehemoyia are the hearts and hands behind Good Ground Farm: a family-owned farm on 17 acres in Argyle, New York, cultivating specialty crops for African American and Afro-Caribbean communities.

For @itsonwithdevonne, an Afro Queeribbean food systems leader and storyteller, land stewardship is about sacred connection: to food, family, ancestral memory, and to the narratives that deserve to be preserved. Raised by parents and grandparents who grew crops from their home islands in urban spaces, DeVonne carries forward a legacy of feeding community with gratitude and intention.

@nehemoyia, a reverend and social entrepreneur, sees the soil as spiritual. Her earliest memories of growing food (strawberries with her aunt, peas with her great-grandmother, apples straight from the tree) continue to shape the way she understands tending as a practice of purpose and transformation.

@thisisgoodground began in 2021 as a response to the pandemic, when food costs were rising and access was increasingly uncertain. They started designing grow spaces in underutilized home areas. Now they have a farm dedicated to crops like callaloo, which are often unavailable to New York’s African American and Afro-Caribbean communities.

“Mother Nature never asks a forest to be like a river.”

#QueerFarmers #BlackFarmers #AfroCaribbean #FoodSovereignty #QueerGrower by @thisisgoodground

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We Got A Farm! • Welcome to Good Ground!

We’re growing food, love, and legacy — reimagining what’s possible.
  #BlackFarmers #QueerFarmers #ThisIsGoodGround #EarthMonth #GrowWithUs taken in Argyle, New York by @thisisgoodground

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Good Ground is dedicated to cultivating food sovereignty, sustainability, and community building. Through regenerative agriculture and resource-sharing, we empower people to reconnect with the soil, grow where they are and build a just, more local food system. taken in Brooklyn, New York by @thisisgoodground

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While DeVonne is representing and sharing our Good Ground Farm story across NYC for Climate Week, Nehemoyia is planning for our Fall and Winter.

We have some exciting Q4 goals and partnerships to share!

Bouquet from Good Ground 🌱 by @thisisgoodground

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11 days ago

Two hands.
One vision.

#callaloo #NYSfarmer #amaranth by @thisisgoodground

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“System change is not abstract. We’re actually doing it in real time — making history in real time, even if it’s just one person at a time.” — DeVonne Jackson Perez @itsonwithdevonne @thisisgoodground

Find EA198 on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Simplecast 🎙️🎧 by @thisisgoodground

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It might kill you… but never a parasite 🤣🔬🦠 by @thisisgoodground

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We thought we knew callaloo.

From the pot to pigment: Red Amaranth as natural dye

#Amaranth #Callaloo #NaturalDye by @thisisgoodground

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As a Black farmer, there’s nothing more powerful than having your vision invested in.

Honored to be selected as a Seeding Power Fellow, an investment in the work of advancing food justice, food sovereignty, and Black land stewardship through This Is Good Ground.

Cheers to the future we’re growing. 🌱🤎

#SeedingPower #ThisIsGoodGround #FoodJustice #FoodSovereignty #BlackFarmers by @thisisgoodground

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Umana Yana | translation “The Meeting Place Of The People”

This was supposed to be a callaloo sample drop-off. Instead, it felt like a reunion.

The second we walked through the door…The colors. The people. The laughter. The art. The food. It was as if the callaloo recognized it was home.

This is the beauty of the Afro Caribbean diaspora. Our ancestors traveled different routes, landed on different islands, spoke different languages but our food still knows how to find us. How to connect us. Thank you to the Guyana born Owner and Creator of this beautiful restaurant @umanayana.albany Dale Davidson for preserving this work with us.

This isn’t just farming.
It’s reconnection. taken in Umana Yana by @thisisgoodground

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BIG GOOD GROUND FARM NEWS!

This week, we received our very first wholesale order... 150 bunches of callaloo!

What started as a dream, a few seeds, and a whole lot of faith is growing into exactly what we imagined.
more local, more fresh, more culturally important food making its way to people’s tables.

Thank you to everyone who encourage us, shared our journey, and believed in our vision. We can’t wait to show you what’s next. 🌱

#callaloo #NYSfarmer #amaranth by @thisisgoodground

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The best part of farming? Placing harvest in someone else’s hands.

There is such deep intimacy in giving away crops you’ve tended from seed. Our first order of 150lbs of callaloo almost took us out- emotionally and physically.

Literally watered with sweat and tears now we get to witness them bloom into laughs, inspiration and memories. taken in Argyle, New York by @thisisgoodground

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