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We sell and donate the food we grow, host workshops for community members of all generations, and partner with like-minded Black-owned organizations and brands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/3dccd4c2-84ad-4b19-a428-e2c32f05af18/280697888_972094346752984_3999927366119612228_n.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sistasinthevillage.com/our-story daily 0.75 2023-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/8d06e255-4939-4e52-9bfb-aeac7519ee11/Screen+Shot+2022-05-26+at+12.32.11+PM.png Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/024c81ed-7061-42e6-9f06-4d82c750a478/Screen+Shot+2022-05-26+at+12.32.46+PM.png Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/c417bc00-9237-4ebd-8e4e-fb2c5ccbd265/Screen+Shot+2022-05-26+at+12.33.32+PM.png Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/ec0311cd-e4f3-46a4-9893-f853bd594c38/Screen+Shot+2022-05-26+at+12.39.53+PM.png Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/10c58447-090e-49aa-8bb5-fd731fde2e66/Screen+Shot+2022-05-26+at+12.40.21+PM.png Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/35e27e9f-dca8-4bf1-beda-dae4c872a3a4/Screen+Shot+2022-05-26+at+12.40.12+PM.png Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/cafe98cb-4fb9-4602-b54e-dce92fc5a158/Screen+Shot+2022-05-26+at+12.40.03+PM.png Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/82d8a323-c9e4-4b24-914c-dc0ae51351e3/275294926_1031718994442935_3100198035154086558_n.jpg Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/625c5b1c-6b18-44e3-8f92-be15de6948bd/Screen+Shot+2022-05-26+at+12.43.42+PM.png Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/4e387b05-ac9b-40ee-ad60-8a8ce70e9194/Screen+Shot+2022-05-26+at+12.44.12+PM.png Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/14e4616b-c903-4858-b4ae-cf97ba50568a/281363813_5174016992688211_4274836714766662742_n.jpg Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/1d8a497a-e24c-4252-9055-638dd8561ad3/Screen+Shot+2022-05-26+at+12.48.20+PM.png Our Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/de5f44ca-c200-45ec-a0d5-a161650789b6/B9A45DEF-F2E8-4AC5-B441-8E62E5D6DF86_1_105_c.jpeg Our Story - Our Story We began farming together in Spring 2020 on a shared 7+ acre site run by Urban Growers Collective in South Chicago alongside other Black and Indigenous land stewards at the height of the pandemic. When we think of our farm, we see the lineage of our people, from the various traumas that started this journey to the healing where our journey continues. The farm continues to evolve just as we do as individuals. We always give gratitude to the Earth, just as our ancestors have since the beginning of time. We plant with generations of wisdom on how to best honor and cultivate each crop. We celebrate how each will produce vast amounts of food, starting with us laying the foundation with our hands. We eagerly await as the transformation from seed to fruit , as new life comes up from the soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/0b1f7876-b48d-4de2-8ba1-cb2dbfc07c7d/3D70E43B-3B29-4E7D-A1DD-BCD5E4C750E9_1_105_c.jpg Our Story https://www.sistasinthevillage.com/team-3 daily 0.75 2023-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/dc24cc48-de8d-4db6-a9ea-02a14badc866/IMG_3593.JPEG.jpg Meet The Team - Mecca Bey Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/3ebb8d8b-c71d-4add-8c77-4077264d6acb/IMG_4020.jpg Meet The Team - Make it stand out Marvin Yates “Last year I saw Bweza and Mecca doing some farm work across the street from my home and introduced myself told them that I lived across the street. And I appreciate the work that they were doing and asked how I could go about participating or working for them one day. This year I begin working on the farm partnering with Bweza and Mecca. I’ve been learning about planting and harvesting fruits and vegetables and more. It’s been very good learning experience for me, I had never harvested or planted before and I had never worked on a farm. I’ve learned a lot. Hopefully we’ll be working together for a very long time and I just wanna thank them for accepting me into their family I really appreciate it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/aa16babe-dc53-4625-b693-4a629c0334b7/AE4600FF-4240-4639-89AB-84B3B19ED203.JPG.jpg Meet The Team - Nyabweza (Bweza) Itaagi Nyabweza “Bweza” Itaagi is an urban farmer, community cultivator and horticulturist. Bweza moved to Chicago from Denver in 2015 to pursue a master's degree in Sustainable Urban Development at DePaul University. In both Denver and Chicago, she has worked with a range of organizations focused on urban agriculture, community empowerment and Earth stewardship. As a first-generation Ugandan American, she seeks to incorporate traditional East African farming practices in Chicago. She views farming as a spiritual practice with the ability to heal communities and build collective power. In her work, she seeks to bridge intercontinental Black communities to build solidarity and resilience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/43e1acbe-6890-4cdc-8a01-8ea591b3243c/Adam+Website.jpg Meet The Team - Adam Laudat Adam Laudat Bio coming soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62796f5c6903ab2b7f24d105/b03d9aa2-edf3-4609-9aa1-fb241a050c7e/DSC_0022.png Meet The Team - Make it stand out Sharmain Siddiqui Sharmain Siddiqui is a Muslim, Pakistani-American organizer, farmer, and medical student. She is invested in practicing a people’s medicine. To this end, she is involved in street medicine, healthcare for the incarcerated, and in using plant and land-based healing to imagine new paradigms of liberation. She is building out a “Free Little Library”-style apothecary with the mentorship, guidance, and care of Sistas in the Village. 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