Xochitl Bervera

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Near Futures Projects/Water is Life Oysters

Oyster farmer, Organizer

expertise:

Ecosystems, Food + farming, Racial + environmental justice

state: FL

city: Apalachicola

LGBTQ: YES

Tribal Affiliation: NO

languages: English, Spanish

race + ethnicity: Mexican American, Mexican, or Chicana-o-x Latina-e-o-x or Hispanic (e.g., Latin American, Central American, South American), Latina/e/o/x or Hispanic (e.g., Latin American, Central American, South American), Mexican American, Mexican, or Chicana/o/x

Xochitl Bervera is a queer, mixed race, Latinx organizer, oyster farmer, and water and land steward based in the Gulf Coast of FL. She is the founder and Director of Near Futures Projects, an experiment in creating vibrant, delicious, sustainable, and inclusive local food systems centered in the wisdom and legacies of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities. Prior to oyster farming and water/land stewarding, Xochitl spent 25 years building community power and waging campaigns to dismantle the criminal legal system. Talk to her about the amazing oyster and how oyster reefs are dying around the world and what we need to do to bring them back, about being a queer latina oyster farmer in a white male dominated sector, about working to protect and defend our waterways and communities from threats of development and oil drilling.

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Ecosystems

What you need to know about the Apalachicola River Basin oil drilling fight – WUSF

The citizen group Apalachicola Riverkeeper has challenged the Department of Environmental Protection to prevent drilling in the floodplain. [from WUSF ]