ROOTZ: Radical Organizing and Outdoor Thingz
ROOTZ is a Black and Indigenous land trust grown out of Western North Carolina. ROOTZ main focus is Black Brown Indigenous matriarch, land stewardship, housing security, education, and awarding funds to members direct communities to preserve and nurture land relationships (which are directly connected to our food pathway).
ROOTZ promotes creativity in healing land relationships and creating access to the outdoors for local Black and Indigenous communities while prioritizing anti-racist work in (but not limited to) Western NC.
ROOTZ is a project grown from Soulfull Simone Farm partnerships that extend to NC, TN, SC, GA, MS, LA, ME states, and accepting members of various nations, tribes, states, countries, etc.
Please reach out to build relationships.
Present Day Asheville on
Cherokee and Yuchi Peoples’
Ancestral Land
North Asheville - Stumptown
East Asheville - East End
West Asheville - Burton Street
West Asheville - PODER Emma
South Asheville - SouthSIDE
South Asheville - Shiloh
So Called Asheville Proper Stops
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North Asheville
Tempie Avery Montford Center
Riverside Cemetery
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East Asheville
East End Valley Street Community Garden
Dr. George Washington Carver Edible Park
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South Asheville
Southside Community Farm
Shiloh Community Garden
Good Hot Fish
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West Asheville
Burton Street Community Peace Gardens
Hood Huggers Tour
Soulfull Simone Farm Store and Gardens
Western North Carolina Stops
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Burnsville
North of so called Asheville (1hr)
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Weaverville
North of so called Asheville
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Marshall
North of so called Asheville
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Mars Hill
North of so called Asheville
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Leicester
North of so called Asheville
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Barnardsville
North of so called Asheville
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Swannanoa
East of so called Asheville
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Black Mountain
East of so called Asheville
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Fairview
East of so called Asheville
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Hendersonville
South of so called Asheville
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Arden
South of so called Asheville
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Mills River
South of so called Asheville
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Flat Rock
South of so called Asheville
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Waynesville
West of so called Asheville
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Sylva
West of so called Asheville
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Qualla Boundary/Cherokee
West of so called Asheville