LAFPC’s Cultivating Farms & Farmers (CF&F) initiative aims to tackle key challenges faced by BIPOC and novice farmers and ranchers in the Los Angeles region. These challenges include issues such as land tenure, language barriers, limited interaction between underserved farmers and government representatives, and a lack of awareness regarding available resources and programs. The program is specifically designed to provide support to urban BIPOC farmers, with a focus on collaboration with the Compton USDA Service Center, home to the FSA Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production.
CF&F will operate in conjunction with LAFPC’s ongoing efforts in the urban farming sector. This includes backing the Urban Growers Alliance, overseeing the Farm Fresh LA program, and actively participating in initiatives with partners such as the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), SEE-LA, Veggielution, Agroecology Commons, and UCANR to enhance urban agriculture in Los Angeles.
We reside, work, and cultivate food
on unceded Indigenous homelands.
We acknowledge and honor the descendants of the Tongva, Kizh, and Gabrieleño peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands). We pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.
As part of a greater foodshed, we would also like to pay respect to and honor the Chumash, Tataviam, Serrano, Kitanemuk, ʔíviĨuqaletem, Acjachemen, Payómkawichum, and any other tribal group possibly not mentioned. As a Food Policy Council for Los Angeles we recognize this land acknowledgment is limited and engagement is an ongoing process of learning and accountability. To learn more about these First Nations, visit here.