We would like to develop a Black Educational Farm program in collaboration with the Umoja Center for Pan African Student Excellence at the Bayside Park Farm. The Black Educational Farm program has 3 goals: 1. To teach and develop farming skills with Black students 2. To develop a sense of belonging in the local community 3. Facilitate discussions and learning that center Black experiences, knowledge and challenges pertaining to sustainability and land. The program will leverage the local communities culture of community agriculture to support students in integrating into the local area through exposure to farming and knowledge rooted in the Black farming experience. We would like to purchase gardening supplies, materials to build raised boxes, and a mini hoop house styled greenhouse, boots, gloves, seed and starts. 

The expected outcomes of the project are multifaceted and include: a more connected Black student experience at Cal Poly Humboldt and the local community; to facilitate educational opportunities that explore the intersection between the Black experience/culture farming, gardening and the outdoors; to produce students who have an interest and a working knowledge of sustainable food growth.