named programs · 3 · from sources
What they call their work
Abolition Sugars
Produces maple, sorghum, and apple syrups as modern continuation of 19th-century abolitionist food practices, linking ethical food production to resistance against prison industrial complex
Bring Back Care Packages
Advocacy campaign to reverse New York DOCCS policy banning personal care packages to incarcerated people; includes public education, storytelling, and legislative action around S7772/A8364
Free Farmstand at Sing Sing
Provided fresh food to families visiting incarcerated loved ones at Sing Sing Correctional Facility; operated until 2024 as a direct response to package ban
activities · 4 groups
What they do
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Food Distribution and Hunger Relief 1 activity
- Distribute food through mutual aid, free farm stands, and partner institutionsDistributes fresh food through mutual aid programs, traditional food banks, free farm stands outside New York prisons—including at Sing Sing Correctional Facility—and partner institutions, with a focus on serving working families and communities affected by mass incarceration.
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Agricultural Training and Education Programs 1 activity
- Grow and distribute culturally relevant, nutrient-dense, and organic foodProduces and distributes organic, culturally relevant food including heritage crops such as Ethiopian mustard, collards, cabbage, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, watermelon, and sweet potatoes, as well as abolitionist sugars and landrace seed varieties, to communities impacted by food apartheid and the prison industrial complex.
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Cultural Exchange and Community Integration Events 1 activity
- Host community education and cultural eventsOrganizes community programming such as seed swaps, storytelling events, and educational gatherings that support land-based knowledge and cultural foodways.
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Uncategorized 1 activity
- Produce and harvest specialty crops and syrupsProduces maple syrup, sorghum syrup, and apple syrup/boiled cider through ongoing agricultural operations, including hosting a sorghum harvest event during the 2025 season.
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financials · form 990 · fy2024
revenue
Total revenue$621K
Contributions & grants$529K85%
Program service revenue$80K13%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$12K
expenses
Total expenses$638K
Program expenses68%
Admin / overhead30%
Fundraising2%
Salaries & benefits$444K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$629K
Cash$22K
Investments$0
Liabilities$54K
Net assets$574K
Liquid reserves0.4 mo
1 years on record · 2024–2024
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2024
Who runs it
paid leadership · 3
| Name | Title | Hours/wk | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jalal Sabur | Executive Director | 40 | $59K |
| Sara Black | Treasurer | 35 | $35K |
| Craig Jon Marklinger | Farm Partner | 30 | $24K |
board members · 3
- Beatriz Beckford — Director
- Randolph Carr — Director
- Steph Wiley — Director
relationships · 8
Who they work with
- Donorbox Partner — Platform used to process online donations for The Freedom Food Alliance Inc.
- Edible Manhattan Partner — Featured the delivery of locally grown vegetables to incarcerated neighbors in the Hudson Valley.
- Freedom Food Alliance Incorporated Partner — Supported the sorghum harvest event.
- Laura Flanders Show Partner — Hosted a conversation on food, land, and freedom with organization representatives.
- Sing Sing Family Collective Partner — Collaborated with Sweet Freedom Farm to operate free farm stands outside prisons for families visiting incarcerated loved ones.
- VICE Partner — Covered the organization's provision of free transportation and farm food for prison families.
- YES Magazine Partner — Published coverage on the use of radical farming and fresh food to fight racial injustice and the new Jim Crow.
- Yale Sustainable Food Program Partner — Co-hosted the "Nourishing Abolition | Chewing the Fat Event" with the organization.
strategies · 3
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Community Knowledge Sharing and Mutual Aid Networksmethodology: community-knowledge-sharingBy facilitating seed swaps, storytelling, and cooperative food systems, we strengthen community resilience and collective knowledge, because mutual aid rooted in cultural traditions fosters sustainable engagement and systemic change.
- Food and Land as Tools for Social Justice Organizingmethodology: food-as-organizing-toolBy using food and land-based practices as organizing tools, we advance social justice goals such as dismantling mass incarceration and food apartheid, because shared material and cultural practices foster collective agency and resistance among marginalized communities.
- Land-Based Education and Community Autonomy as Liberationmethodology: land-based-educationBy integrating land-based education, regenerative agriculture, and community-controlled food systems, we build community autonomy and resilience, because self-determination in food and land access is foundational to racial and economic justice and liberation from oppressive systems.