Securing Land to Grow Food in L/A

Muhidin Libah, of the Somali-Bantu Community Association (SBCA), shares about work SBCA has been doing to advance the community-driven goals and actions in the Local Foods, Local Places Action Plan for Lewiston-Auburn. Specifically, SBCA has been advancing Goal 4: “Increase equitable access, ownership, and preservation of land to grow food in Lewiston-Auburn”. They have particularly active in implementing Action 4.1: “Assist New Roots Cooperative Farm, the Somali Bantu Community Association, and other potential farmland seekers to purchase and secure farmland, and record the process of securing land so it may be used by other land seekers.” SBCA has also been working with Land in Common and New Roots Farm to build a toolkit of land access resources for non-traditional farmers that can be shared widely.