Reclaim the Land. Reclaim Your Health. Reclaim Your Power
Agriculture Initiatives
Agriculture is not just about growing food, it’s about growing freedom, healing, and community wealth.
Grow Food. Build Wealth. Heal Together.
Supporting Healthy Black Agriculture
Through advocacy, transformational education, collaboration, and connecting to nature, our Supporting Healthy Black Agriculture (SHBA) workgroups address the root of health disparities and inequalities in our community while providing the space and opportunity for healing for Black families.
Program Benefits:
Garden bed installation at your home (available for both renters and homeowners—we’ll even work with landlords)
Weekly stipends: $50 for parents, $25 for youth.
Leadership development and community-building.
Agriculture training that honors our culture and history.
Grow Food. Build Wealth. Heal Together.
Hemp Specialty Crop Workgroup
This 12-week program is designed for Black entrepreneurs ready to enter the growing hemp industry. You’ll gain full-spectrum knowledge of the business—from cultivation to marketing—through a mix of virtual learning and hands-on experience at the Farley Center in Verona.
Program Benefits:
$2,500 seed grant upon successful completion.
Twice-weekly classes over 6–12 weeks.
90% attendance required for grant eligibility.
Coursework and assignments for real-world readiness.
GROW TOGETHER. HEAL TOGETHER
Farm Business Development
We support Black Wisconsin Farmers as they strive to build financially stable wealth-building farm businesses with resources, programming, and advocacy. We hope to lower the barrier to entry for Black Farmers to be successful in agriculture.
Contact Us
If you are a Black Farmer or Entrepreneur in Wisconsin looking to improve your Farm Business, email our Agriculture Director at info@urbantriage.org.
Farmer’s Resources
Whether you’re planting your first seed or expanding a thriving operation, we provide the connections, tools, and guidance to help you succeed—because food sovereignty starts with access, education, and community.
We have saved so many families from being evicted or being on the streets or just provide things that they need for their kids. My heart is in this job, my heart is with Urban Triage.
KIMI WALLER
Program Administrator
where liberation grows
Get Involved
If you’re ready to transform your relationship with agriculture, reclaim your health, and build economic power in your community, this is your moment.
Join our workgroups
Invest in a future where we feed ourselves, employ ourselves, and heal ourselves
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