Land, Labor, Legacy: In Conversation with Southern Jewish Farmers (Southern & Jewish Episode 26)

This is a legacy episode of Southern & Jewish, a video podcast from the Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Subscribe on KZbin, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify, and watch all of our past episodes at www.isjl.org/p....
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In celebration of the harvest season, the ISJL Virtual Vacation is diving into the story of southern Jewish farmers. Some Jewish families have been doing this work for generations-including the Lamensdorfs, 4th-generation cotton farmers in the Mississippi Delta. Others, like Sam Humphrey of Fertile Ground Farms in Jackson, Mississippi, are young farmers whose work is connected to climate, food, and environmental justice. And organizations like the Jewish Farmer Network and Yesod Farm+Kitchen tie a progressive, religious thread into their work-connecting farming to themes of cultivation and connection to the land in the Jewish tradition.
Links from the episode:
Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities: www.isjl.org/en...
Fertile Ground Farms: / fertilegroundfarmsjxn
Jewish Farmer Network: www.jewishfarm...
Shovels and Shofars zine: www.jewishfarm...
Jewish Farmer Network conference: www.jewishfarm...
Yesod Farm+Kitchen: www.yesodfarm....
This project was made possible by a grant from the Mississippi Humanities Council, through support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Mississippi Humanities Council.