Then Now Next: Further Resources

Further Reading

Fighting for Freedom: Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence, eds Torren N. Gatson, Tiffany L. Momon, William A. Strollo

Love for the Land: Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place, Brooks Lamb

“A Tough Row to Hoe,” Brooks Lamb

Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality, Danielle Allen

Craft an American History, Glen Adamson

How to Create a Hopeful Future–In Your Own Life, Your Community, the World, Dr. Jane McGonigal

Founding Gardeners. The Revolutionary Generations, Nature and the Shaping of the American Nation, Andrea Wulf

Larding the Lean Earth: Soil and Society in Nineteenth-Century America, Steven Stoll

Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement, Monica White

American Georgics: Writings on Farming, Culture, and the Land, eds Brian Donahue, Edwin Hagenstein, and Sara Gregg

Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land, Lean Penniman

Seed Money: Monsanto’s Past and Our Food Future, Bartow J. Elmore

Less is More, Jason Hickel

Digital Resources

Fighting for Freedom Digital Exhibit

Black Craftspeople Digital Archive

TN Arts Commission Folklife Apprenticeship: Wokie Massaquoi-Wicks

Humanities Tennessee’s Shared Futures Lab; blog, podcast and more

TN Organizations that are currently working toward growing and crafting a better future

Southeast TN Young Farmers Coalition

Tennessee Craft

Tennessee Local Food

American Farmland Trust

SpaceCraft: Art Studio Co-op