December 9, 2024

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Dear community,

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We are closing the project of Yesod Farm + Kitchen. We’re doing this with care, supporting each other in the transition, and devoting time and energy to the process.  

 

Many of us are still living here and tending the land. 

 

There will be a new land project on the same land. You will be able to find information about it on our website and Instagram when there’s more information about this emerging project.

 

Due to closing the project and Hurricane Helene’s impacts, we are not receiving visitors

• We are not hosting overnight guests. Our guest/temporary housing space was flooded and is not be available. To let the land rest, guests cannot currently camp here.

• We do not currently have events scheduled and are not available as a venue for events.

• No foraging/harvesting

• No cleanup volunteer days currently scheduled (If we decide to have some, you can find information on our website and Instagram)

 

Our capacity to reply to emails and other messages is limited. Thank you for your support and interest.

 

There’s a flourishing community of anti-zionist Jews in Western North Carolina. We know that Yesod has been a place for land-based, accessible Jewish gatherings for many people, and we want to support others to continue gathering in our region. We’ll keep our instagram open and continue to promote other local events, and we’re brainstorming ways to support people in hosting events of their own. We’ll share more information when we have it.​

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ABOUT YESOD FARM + KITCHEN

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Yesod Farm+Kitchen seeks collective liberation with land through Jewish farming and mutual aid. As diasporic Jews, we steward 15 acres of Tsalaguwetiyi (Cherokee) homeland in Western North Carolina. We grow relationships and nourish community.

Our community includes gardeners, farmers, local Fairview residents, Asheville-area Jews, food justice activists, and mutual aid organizers. We welcome everybody who is interested in Yesod Farm+Kitchen, and seek to be a place where people of different life experiences can learn from each other. We intentionally center people who experience oppression, such as BIPOC, queer folks, and activists.

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Our Vision

We dream of the future where people have loving relationships with land, community, and cultural traditions. We believe in a diaspora where Jews live in vibrant, culturally-rooted homes wherever we are. Land is returned to Indigenous-led stewardship. We belong to multicultural communities that joyfully share resources. Neighbors care for each other, and people honor ancestors. We respect all life and foster healthy ecosystems. 

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Our Mission

Yesod Farm+Kitchen is a pluralistic Jewish farm and cultural organizing project that welcomes everyone and builds multicultural community. 

 

We learn about Jewish land tending through an active process of experimentation. We steward the land where Yesod exists towards a more diverse, resilient ecosystem for humans and non-humans alike. 

 

We bring community members together around Jewish cultural relationships with food, farming, and land stewardship. Yesod models and teaches about justice and Jewish diasporism so that people can envision sustainable food systems and community care networks. We practice solidarity and build power for racial justice, landback, and reparations.

 

Inspired by shabbat, shmita, and yovel, we create systems that allow for rest and release. We honor Jewish commitments to mutual aid by sharing access to food and land. Our connections with Jewish rituals and practices nourish movements for collective liberation.