Ujamaa Farmer Collective is a nonprofit organization
We Secure Land. We Build Farmers. We Create Food Sovereignty.
Ujamaa Farmer Collective is building systems for Black farmers. Together we grow farmers, ownership, infrastructure, and collective power.
The Problem
For generations, Black farmers have been pushed out of land ownership, cut off from infrastructure, and forced into systems that extract more than they return.
The Symptoms
Most solutions offer pieces:
- Training without land.
- Funding without infrastructure.
- Programs without ownership.
The Ujamaa System
We secure land. Build shared infrastructure. Develop farmers. Integrate cooperative economics.
This is how ownership becomes possible again.
The land. Systems. Infrastructure. Community
LAND
INFRASTRUCTURE
SYSTEMS
We secure and steward land so Black farmers have room to grow, teach, gather, and build beyond short-term access.
SYSTEMS
INFRASTRUCTURE
SYSTEMS
We develop the agreements, relationships, governance, and cooperative models that make collective economics and shared responsibility possible.
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
We build and connect the physical, technical, and organizational tools farmers need including shared equipment, training, and support systems.
COMMUNITY
INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE
We strengthen the relationships between farmers, families, institutions, and neighbors so agriculture becomes a part of community life, not something separated from it.
This is Already in Motion
Ujamaa has already secured land and begun building the foundation of a cooperative farming system in Northern California.
- 22 acres secured
- Infrastructure development underway
- Farmer pipeline growing
- Strategic partnerships forming
We didn’t wait for perfect conditions. We moved anyway.
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Farmers are the foundation.
Nathaniel Brown - Brown Sugar Farm
Nathaniel Brown - Brown Sugar Farm
Nathaniel Brown - Brown Sugar Farm
Nelson Hawkins - We Grow Farms
Nathaniel Brown - Brown Sugar Farm
Nathaniel Brown - Brown Sugar Farm
Zion Taddese - Sheba Farms LLC
Nathaniel Brown - Brown Sugar Farm
Zion Taddese - Sheba Farms LLC
From Land to Legacy
- Secure land
- Build shared infrastructure
- Onboard farmers
- Support production + distribution
- Generate revenue + reinvest
Repeat. Expand. Scale.
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What We Believe
- Land is not property. It is responsibility.
- Agriculture is legacy, not labor.
- We build together, not in isolation.
- Infrastructure creates opportunity.
- Ownership is the foundation of freedom.