"Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance"

Authors

Mirabai Collins
Malcolm Hoover

Files

Description

Mirabai Collins and Malcolm Hoover, co-founders of Black Futures Farm, discuss Black cooperative farming and Black placemaking as acts of resistance.

Their conversation took place on February 20, 2026, at Portland State University's Pan African Commons, and was recorded on Zoom.

Black Futures Farm is a community-building and production farm with a mission of healing the connection between Black people and the land. The farm is located in southeast Portland on 1.15 acres in the Learning Gardens Laboratory and produces fruit, vegetables, culinary and medicinal herbs, and flowers.

Black Futures Farm is a program of the Black Food Sovereignty Coalition.

Date

2-20-2026

Comments

Sponsored by Portland State University Department of Black Studies, Black Studies Center, and Pan African Commons.

Rights

This video is made available for educational and non-commercial use only. It may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of Portland State University. For more information, please contact Portland State University Library Special Collections at: specialcollections@pdx.edu.

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44509

Recommended Citation

Collins, Mirabai and Hoover, Malcolm, ""Black Futures Farm: Growing Cooperative Resistance"" (2026). The Black Bag Speakers Series. 28.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44509