Mumbet’s Freedom Farm is a Black and Brown-led cooperative farm and community sanctuary for connection, creativity, education, and wellness.
Mumbet’s Freedom Farm is nestled at the base of a mountain in the ancestral homelands of the Mohican Nation, also known as Sheffield, Massachusetts-- the town where the revolutionary Elizabeth ‘Mumbet’ Freeman resided.
Mumbet was an enslaved African nurse, midwife, and herbalist who sued for her freedom in Sheffield, MA and won. Mumbet’s Freedom Farm is in-community with a flowing brook, natural spring, waterfalls, forest trails, an array of plant and animal life, Race Brook Lodge, and The Stagecoach Tavern.
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At Mumbet’s Freedom Farm, we aim to create a sustainable home and sanctuary for Queer Black, Indigenous People of Color, animals, insects, birds, and all of Earth’s beings and elements. We currently practice Afro-Indigenous, regenerative, and biodynamic agriculture strategies & are inspired by our personal + cultural gardening and food way experiences. We understand & continue to cultivate a relationship with Earth as a living and sovereign being, we acknowledge the need for authentic and reciprocal exchange of nourishment. We seek to produce biodynamic preparations & diverse amendments to cultivate the health and livelihood of the soil of this land. We understand that nutrient-rich soil produces nutrient-rich food, & we strive to harvest + distribute nutrient-rich foods & medicine to BIPOC communities and kindred community members.
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The Earth provides the basis, inspiration, and resource for our connection with Spirit. We are committed to holding space for & embodying spiritual practices rooted in Black and Indigenous traditions which center sharing, song, dance, & making offerings. As we continue to grow, we open our spaces for those from all spiritual traditions to find and seek Sanctuary.
Mumbet’s Freedom Farmily
Sunder Ashni - Vision Builder and Steward
Ashni, daughter of Cynthia and Allan, was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY with rich roots in the island of St. Vincent & The Grenadines.
Ashni is a private practitioner of Flower Essence Therapy, Somatic Experiencing® method, which is a body-oriented approach to the healing of trauma and other stress disorders. She is also a member of the Heart Centered Operations Team at MINKA. She facilitates ceremonies, meditations, and experiences permeated with love that cultivate radical awareness, appreciation of self, and overall ecstatic wellness within participants and their community with the intention of re-cultivating a deep connection with our Earth mother.
Find out more about Ashni at www.sunderashni.com