A review by aliciaprettybrowneyereader
We Are Each Other's Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy by Natalie Baszile

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I didn’t realize this was an anthology until I began reading it.  Each selection of the anthology centers around Black American, Hispanic American and Native Americans relationship to farming in the United States.The selections are in various forms: personal narratives, interviews, poems and  book excerpts.  There are pictures throughout of the different people, families and farms that contributed to the anthology.

Many of the accounts contained in the anthology are infuriating.  One of the recurring narratives in the book is the role the USDA has played and continues to play in systematically attempting to decrease and eliminate Black farmers from the agriculture business. 

There are also hopeful and inspiring accounts in the book.  There are narratives regarding programs in urban farming, young farmers setting up co-ops and using the power of social media to expand their businesses.

Excellent read!