Xochitl is a queer, mixed race, Latinx organizer, oyster farmer, and water and land steward based in the Gulf Coast of Florida. 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.