Black Soil: Our Better Nature

BLACK SOIL: OUR BETTER NATURE
Black Soil, a social enterprise based out of Lexington, KY, launched in 2017 by Ashley C. Smith and Trevor Claiborn, her partner in life and in work. Their focus is to revive and reclaim the agricultural heritage of Black Kentuckians to build economic opportunities for 21st century Black farmers and producers through handson technical support and strategies including educational workshops, community events like Farm Tours and Farm-to-Table Dinners that showcase Black farmers and Black culinary artists, and by lifting up the stories and history of Black agricultural experience through art, cultural sharing, and communitybuilding.