Dr. Gail Meyers

Co-Founder, Farms to Grow

Dr. Gail Myers, born in Daytona Beach, FL, is an Agri-Cultural Anthropologist and urban farmer. In 2004, Dr. Myers co-founded Farms to Grow, Inc. in Oakland, CA to work in partnership with African American farmers and ranchers and other underresourced producers. Farms to Grow, Inc. initiated the Freedom Farmers Market, anAfrican American farmers market, in West Oakland, CA in 2013.

Dr. Gail maintains a wide spectrum of grassroots organizing and coalition building, locally, regionally and globally. In 2018, she received the Advocate for Social Justice Award “Justie” from the Eco-Farm Association. Her upcoming documentary/multi-media project, “Rhythms of the Land”, is currently in post-production and will screen in 2022.

She is passionate about the legacy of Black farmers, Blackagrarian material culture, and racial equity.