Winter Holiday Vibesing ⛄

🎄Yule Tidings and Merry New Year 🌟

It's nearly the end of 2022 and we can't believe how much has happened. Josina welcomed a LION cub into the world! Marcus toured the world with his other job as tour manager for Big Joanie and Divide and Dissolve, Dee was also a globetrotter doing food and farming justice work in South Africa, Mexico, Italy and more. Sam held down the fort at LION and now is in Jamaica working remotely and we welcomed our newest LION collective member - Jamila! (modelling some t-shirts below).

This year we welcomed in-person events again, hosting our Open Eve at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, our closed BPOC Caucus at Phytology and of course the Cultivating Justice Wrap Party. With Cultivating Justice we released the TransPlants zine, reprinted the Gourds, Banjos and Callaloo zine, made some cute pins and T-shirts and one of the best podcast series in our opinions - LISTEN HERE! We're also launching the great research that Naomi has conducted as part of our Jumping Fences project at the Oxford Real Farming Conference in January! Next year we are hoping for more being-on-the-land time, more events, more slow internal systems and policy development, and planty-nature vibes. Thank you to everyone who has bought our merch, donated to our work, shared our resources and supported us in the small ways - like reading our fabulous newsletters ;) 

LION & Cultivating Justice Merch

Hi Folks! We just launched T-shirts (woo woo) and we are also selling very cute pins too. You can buy both at our shop here (We won't be shipping anything until the New Year). If you've bought zines through our website and learned the strength of patience because we are often low capacity and a bit slow with postage, thank you for understanding and supporting us. Check out our shop here! Thanks to our models, Rudy Loewe and Jamila Versi <3

What we're watching/attending at the ORFC! 

We are really excited about Oxford Real Farming Conference in January, just a few weeks away! The blended conference is a mix of in-person only, live-streamed and online only talks. We're excited to be able to attend in a multiple of different ways and look forward to connecting with fellow BIPOC attendees. We'll be launching our Jumping Fences Report, with our researcher Naomi Terry and Josina speaking on a panel on Thursday at 2pm. You can also catch LION babe, Dee Woods speaking about Care Incomes on Wednesday at 9am, UK food sovereignty on Thursday also at 2pm and Intersectional Struggles for Justice in Food Systems on Friday at 11am! Below you can find a list of haphazardly assembled talks that Sam thought would be interested. Particularly, Solidarity Across Land Trade's Building Workers' Power workshop on Thursday at 6pm, Farming Under Fire on Friday at 1:45pm. 
 

ONLINE - Weds 4th

Sharing Youth Experiences in Practicing Agroecology for Climate Adaptation in Africa - global room 3 - 9am
A Care Income to Protect the Land, the People and the Natural World - global room 2 - 9am
Creating a Future of Collective Land Ownership and Responsibilities - global 3 - 1:45pm
Agroforestry and Inga Alley Cropping - global 2 - 1:45pm
Young farmers and Food Systems Transformations - global 2 - 4pm
From the Caribbean to the Pacific: On the sharp ends of food insecurity and climate change - global 3 - 8pm
Reclaiming Indigenous Food Sovreignty in Aoteorea New Zealand - global 2 - 8pm
 

IN PERSON - Thur 5th Jan

Building a Jewish Land and Food Justice Movement in the UK- link room - 11am
Averting the insect apocalypse with Dave Goulson and Vicki Hird - main room (livestreamed) - 1:30pm
Jumping Fences Report: Land Justice, Food Justice and Radical Justice in British Farming - link room - 2pm
Should the UK Grow More Food? An open forum on the state of UK food security - 2pm - Digital Hub
How Do Prisons and Policing Impact and Intersect with Our Struggles for Land Justice - woodshed (livestreamed) - 4pm
How to Start a Community Land-Based Project - conference room - 4pm
Just Another Diamon Day: Building Workers' Power in the Agroecological and Regenerative Farming Sectors - link room - 6pm
Nightshade Family Dynamics with the Seed Sistas: Bridging the Gap Betwixt Magic and Medicine - magic common room - 8pm
 

ONLINE - Thursday 5th Jan

From Sri Lanka to Mexico: Government failures and grassroots solutions to advancing agroecological policy - global room 2 - 4pm
Transforming Food Culture to Transform Our World - global room 2 - 6pm
Community Wealth Building for a Racially Just Food System - global room 1 - 6pm
 

IN PERSON - Friday 6th Jan

Cultivating Belonging: Exploring diasporic relationships to land - main hall (livestreamed) - 11am
Solidarity With Migrant Workers in Europe - long room - 1pm
Seeding Reparations: Making the UK food Corporations Pay- the woodshed (livestreamed) - 2pm
UnEarthed: On Race and Roots - the blue room - 2pm
Diversifying UK Fruit and Veg Produce: Perceptions, Opportunities, and Collaboration Bringing 'Exotic' Crops to Market - assembly room (livestreamed) - 2pm
 

ONLINE - Friday 6th

Intersectional Struggles for Justice in Food Systems - global room 2 - 11am
Farming under fire: Cultivating land and life in occupied Palestine - global room 1 - 1:45pm
 

Thank You
 

We are slowing down, going into hibernation, tending to ourselves and taking the time to rest. From this Monday until January 9th we will not be responding to emails or taking on any additional work. In the new year we will be focusing on developing the systems and structures we need to serve the community and networks we represent, reflect on our learnings and challenging ourselves to be more accountable and transparent. Thank you for your support. 
Art by Javie Huxley