Yesod Farm+Kitchen seeks collective liberation with land through Jewish farming and mutual aid. As diasporic Jews, we steward 15 acres of Tsalaguwetiyi (Cherokee) homeland in Western North Carolina. We grow relationships and nourish community.

Our community includes gardeners, farmers, local Fairview residents, Asheville-area Jews, food justice activists, and mutual aid organizers. We welcome everybody who is interested in Yesod Farm+Kitchen, and seek to be a place where people of different life experiences can learn from each other. We intentionally center people who experience oppression, such as BIPOC, queer folks, and activists.

We practice Jewish agricultural wisdom by: 

• Connecting people with land, culture, and community.

• Contributing to a healthy food system through ancestral traditions of sustainable agriculture and cooperative economy.

• Learning with the land about cycles of rest, work, and celebration.

• Nurturing a community where everybody belongs and can meet their needs.

• Building power for land back and reparations in solidarity with Indigenous and Black communities.

• Sharing power and resources to model alternatives to private land ownership and wealth accumulation.