Radishes and rainbows: the LGBTQ growers reimagining the traditional family farm

Their fight for diversity and inclusion in farming culture echoes the womyn’s land movement from the 60s and 70sAt Ashokra farm in New Mexico, in the heart of Albuquerque’s fertile North Valley, lush fields of kabocha squash and heirloom corn grow alongside beds of tomatoes, onions and 13 varieties of okra. The team’s four farmers tend four fields spread across two and a half acres of leased plots on private residences and in a community garden, hauling their tools between each field in a mobile shed.But the bountiful harvest is only one of Ashokra’s goals. As a queer-, trans- and… Source – Full Article Radishes and rainbows: the LGBTQ growers reimagining the traditional family farm

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