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Savi Horne

Savi Horne is the Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Black Lawyers, Land Loss Prevention Project which was more than 25 years ago. The Land Loss Prevention Project is a non-profit, public interest law firm with an overarching mission of providing legal expertise, community education, and advocacy skills to help farmers and rural landowners who face legal, economic, and environmental challenges. Integral to our legal services program is the North Carolina Rural Environmental Equity Project, which was developed at the request of grassroots groups to formulate legal strategies in addressing environmental racism and public health issues facing local communities. The Land Loss Prevention Project is a founding partner organization of the Black Family Land Trust (BFLT). The BFLT mission is to protect Black owned land in the southern United States through employment of land conservation and community development tools. Savi serves on several national sustainable agriculture and small farms boards: National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, National Family Farm Coalition and the Rural Coalition. Currently, Savi is the Team Leader of the Diversity Initiative of the Farm and Food Policy Project (FFPP). The FFPP is a Kellogg Foundation funded project seeking to made inroads into the 2007-2008 federal Farm Bill. The Diversity Initiative members are from leaders from the African-American, Hong-American, American Indian, Latino/Hispanic socially-disadvantage farmers and farmworkers.


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