Hannah Breckbill founded Humble Hands Harvest, a community farm project in Iowa which is seeking to reimagine food systems to be more inclusive, slow, and local. The farm is a queer-run, LGBTQIA+ friendly space that is using regenerative agriculture and slow growing farming practices to heal the Earth while also creating an inclusive, regenerative social space. Breckbill shares that she “found farming an extremely rewarding way of cultivating change. Agriculture can happen anywhere; people need to eat everywhere.” Projects like this highlight the intersectionality of agriculture, social justice, and environmental sustainability. Given the enhanced barriers for queer and Black people to navigate land access and farming, initiatives such as Humble Hands Harvest are important in the fight for both food sovereignty and supportive social connection. The redistribution of resources and shelter to those in marginalized communities is essential, as they are disproportionately affected by issues such as by homelessness and food insecurity. This is a responsibility that some queer farmers are incorporating into the way they run, build, and manage their farms as spaces that rejuvenate and foster more than the land.
