East Tennessee Farmland Commons Stories
Femeika Elliott met The Farmers Land Trust through a Tennessee Local Food conference — a first connection that would keep moving.
Femeika Elliott helped carry the Farmland Commons model into a relationship rooted in East Tennessee. Her work connects community, agriculture and opportunity through Rooted East and The Lotus Program.
Kristina and Femeika first connected through a Tennessee Local Food conference.
Femeika built a relationship with Kevin Murphy and introduced him to the Farmland Commons model.
Kevin Murphy is part of a multigenerational East Tennessee farming family. His relationship with Femeika opened a conversation about what the family farm could make possible for land justice.
Kevin and his family committed their 56-acre farm — held by their family since 1881 — to a land-justice future with a Black-led Farmland Commons.
Kevin and his family committed their 56-acre farm — held by their family since 1881 — to a land-justice future with a Black-led Farmland Commons.
Femeika Elliott, Kevin Murphy and Ian McSweeney later shared this work at the Environmental Grantmakers Association retreat in New Mexico.
Femeika Elliott, Kevin Murphy and Ian McSweeney later shared this work at the Environmental Grantmakers Association retreat in New Mexico.
