Black Seed Farms supports generations of the Black Diaspora, Indigenous, Immigrant and Refugee communities reconnect to land, farming and healing spaces.

Welcome to Black seed FARMS

Black Seed Agroecology Farm & Village is the first farm to join the Puget Sound Agrarian Commons. Black Seed is a project of Modest Family Solutions, and grows food to gift and sell to BIPOC communities, facilitates youth agroecology education, and helps to establish economic stability and a dignified, culturally appropriate food supply chain.

The Puget Sound Agrarian Commons (AC) has chosen Adasha Turner, founder and director of Modest Family Solutions, to steward the land gift that started the Puget Sound Agrarian Commons and the Agrarian Commons movement. Caroline Gardner, the previous owner of the land, shared the vision of ensuring that the Pacific Northwest benefit from a legacy of land and agriculture connected to people and place, and saw the potential to catalyze a community-centric model for farmland stewardship. Gardner gifted her ten-acre farm to Agrarian Trust in November of 2019. Black Seed Agroecology Farm Village is actively building relationships with partner organizations, landowners, and farmers who share a similar vision.

Grow it

Black Seed Commons

The Black Seed Commons brings together farmers, landowners, land trusts, stakeholders, and communities to build awareness, understanding, and support for community-centered and land-based commons. Our work is tailored to meet the needs of individuals, families, and communities invested in the effort.

on the land

Join us on the land!! The ideal choice if you want a personalized experience: farm tours, work parties, forest bathing, glamping - tailored to your goals and lifestyle.

membership

Black Seed Commons cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social-cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratic enterprise.

Warriors at Rest

A healing space geared toward synergy work for food system warriors, farmers and family trying to stay rooted.

Join us bimonthly for grounding on the land - day retreats and seasonal events.

Agro.Up

Improving Sustainable Food Access

Halal Processing & Training Center

a worker co-operative, small minority owned business incubator, community workforce and entrepreneur development program for social and economic disadvantaged individuals.

AgroEcology Entrepreneurship & Retail Market

Entrepreneurs and local producers in Washington apply agroecology solutions for more resilient food systems and better livelihoods.

Cultivating Community

Establishing a farming co- op to cultivate success for community and to provide pathways for:

  • land access to BIPOC Communities

  • intergenerational project management & action base learning

  • economic development within the community

  • cultural relevant and halal appropriate food options

  • healthy and inclusive spaces to rebuild the community

    This rural equitable agroecology farming village will include on going support to farming families in education; producer training and certifications, and housing !

Mobile Market SNAP/ EBT COMING!

 FAQs

  • Agroecology helps to protect, restore and improve agriculture and food systems in the face of climate shocks and stressors. Diverse, well-integrated agroecological systems can promote greater carbon sequestration, increase resilience of livelihoods and provide climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions.

  • Cooperatives are people-centred enterprises owned, controlled and run by and for their members to realise their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations. the economic and social benefits of their activity stay in the communities where they are established. Profits generated are either reinvested in the enterprise or returned to the members.

  • The Black Seed was used in ancient medicinal traditions that observed the health of an individual in a holistic way. A practice that is concerned with your mind, body, soul, and nature. For over 3,000 years Black Seed has been cultivated for a multitude of uses.

    Native to the Mediterranean and Asian regions, black seed has spread throughout the world because of its healing properties. Black Seed is well known in Africa, because of its prevalent use in Ancient Egypt for the treatment of digestive issues, inflammatory skin conditions, and the well-being of internal organs.

    The sustainability through the black seed’s healing properties and longevity throughout history is what we, Modest Family Solutions, want to reflect back into our communities. To thrive together in health and inclusivity to ultimately benefit and rebuild the community.

  • Black Seed Agroecology Farm & Village which is located on Whidbey Island or in one Salish language Tscha-kole-chy. The Puget Sound region is the ancestral lands of the Lower Skagit, Swinomish, Suquamish, Snohomish, and other Coast Salish nations, who have lived in relationship with these lands and waters since time immemorial. We recognize & honor Indigenous Peoples as traditional stewards of this land and the enduring relationship that exists between Indigenous Peoples and their traditional territories.

    Despite their participation in the Treaty of Point Elliott, the Duwamish tribe, on whose land Seattle is located, have been denied federal recognition. We recognize the rights and injustices of this treaty and the ongoing legacy here in the Puget Sound.