Pecan & Pine Mutual Aid Network
Mutual Aid. How we get Free.
The Pecan & Pine Mutual Aid Network is a burgeoning initiative started by three land stewards from the Piedmont and Eastern regions of North Carolina. The mission of this project is to reconnect our people with the Black tradition of surviving and thriving through mutualism and cooperation. We are focused on mutual aid efforts geared toward supporting Black owned farms in our regions: bartering, communal building, strategic crop planning, and more. Join Us!
Founding Members
Demi Tucker
Founding member
Dallas Robinson
Founding member
About Us
Demi Tucker is a land steward and 5th generation farmer. After departing from a career in corporate Nutrition in 2020, she combined her hobby of growing mushrooms and passion for nutrition and created The Uyoga Farm. The Uyoga Farm focuses on growing a variety of gourmet mushrooms and mushroom-based products, while educating her community on their health benefits. In addition, she is deeply committed to continuing ancestral agrarian ways, furthering community resiliency and ultimately achieving food sovereignty for al
Dallas is an anarchist land steward. She comes to growing food from a place of learning from the land, her body, and attempting to move in the purpose of nourishment. Dallas has a background in youth development, cooperative development education, and being a cat lover.
IN MEMORY OF JOSIE WALKER
Seed Keeper. Educator. Friend
We began this work with the talented and genius, Josie Walker. In honor of her work as a seedswapper, grower, scientist, we keep seed saving and the pecan as a foundation of this Mutual Aid effort. Josie, you are missed in the physical form, and we honor your presence in every plant that has flourished from the seeds you have protected and shared with us across North Carolina, the South and the world. We love.