Land in Our Names

Land in Our Names (LION) is a collective of Black people and People Of Colour (BPOC) connecting its communities to the land as a means to achieve food, climate, land and racial justice.

LION believes that healing relationships with nature and land is also about healing the land and working in sustainable, reciprocal and caring ways. It strives towards collective land stewardship as a means to support its communities to access nutritious, delicious food grown using ancestral, sustainable and regenerative practices. It utilises different agroecological practices in its growing spaces and is passionate about learning African and indigenous farming practices which work in harmony with the land.

Since its founding in 2019 and an inspirational launch event in 2020, LION has continued to grow its collective and its reach:

  • It has hosted numerous wellbeing and nature immersion events, talks on reparations, and held space for different BPOC growers and farmers to connect.
  • It has published two research reports into racism in food growing and farming which have both had tremendous impact across relevant sectors.
  • It began stewarding the Dandelion Garden in 2024, growing culturally appropriate foods and holding events for the collective’s communities to learn about food and connect with each other in green spaces.
  • It is regularly featured in podcasts, radio shows and articles.

Seeing that demand for LION events is always greater than capacity, LION wants to scale up its event programme and continue to expand its network.

  • Community, Food, Landscapes, Networks
  • 2025
  • Young Projects
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