This is Not Just a Market—
It Is a Sovereign Intervention
A living, breathing space built to nourish bodies, circulate capital, restore ancestral foodways, and regenerate a food system led by Black farmers, for Black communities.
At Its Core
Farm Stop & Community Gathering Hub is a hybrid community market, produce hub, educational space, and a community gathering respite. It provides access to fresh, affordable, culturally rooted food and meals.
Located at 300 W 140th Street in Harlem, the Farm Stop is Corbin Hill Food Project’s bold answer to a food system that has long failed Black communities—making us sick, economically marginalized, and disconnected from the land, labor, and legacy that once sustained us.
What is a Farm Stop?
"Farm Stops are year-round, every-day markets that support small-scale farmers and strengthen local and regional food systems. They do so most often by operating on a consignment model, which gives producers a fair price, flexibility with their time and products, and provides more direct connections with consumers."
It is a dedicated platform for Black farmers to enter and grow within urban markets and a community-led programming space that brings together nutrition education, food preservation, culinary medicine, and skill-sharing rooted in our collective histories.
FARM STOP & COMMUNITY HUB
An Interconnected Model for Food Justice
Increasing Food Access
Prevention Pantry: Offering sliding scale prevention pantry meals, and accepting EBT, SNAP, and Double Up Bucks
Farmer Support
Meeting needs of small-scale farmers, from forward contracts, storage, route coordination and access to markets
Value-Added Processing
Extending shelf-life of produce and diversifying revenue through value-added processing and creating chef, dietitian and community-informed products
Equitable Procurement
Prioritizing purchasing and shelf space for habitually excluded growers and producers
Research & Narrative
Capturing real-time data and learnings and sharing our stories and frameworks
Policy & Advocacy
Working in collectives to advocate for principled policies and transformative measures for a more equitable, sustainable food system
Community Health, Ownership & Agency
Uplifting community voice, ancestral wisdom and knowledge sharing, and co-creating programs that serve the community
The Farm Stop is Not an Experiment.
It Is Proof.
Proof that a Black food future is not only possible but already underway. One rooted in legacy and built for longevity. One that listens, heals, and uplifts. One where the most historically disenfranchised farmers own their place in the market—and the system itself.
This model was reverse engineered from the needs of our community and Black farmers—not imposed by funders or institutions.
The Farm Stop scales that truth with integrity.
WHAT WE OFFER
Fresh Produce & Grab-and-Go Meals
Grown and sourced from Black farmers, with flexible menus and products that honor seasonality and reduce waste.
Farmshare & Value-Added Products
Seasonal goods, preserves, and prepared items using ancestral culinary traditions and preservation techniques
COMMUNITY SPACE
A home for connection, organizing, skill shares, and healing gatherings
Nutrition & Culinary Education
Workshops and classes on food preservation, affordable cooking, and chronic disease prevention—led by community chefs and elders
Health & Social Service Referrals
Integrated referrals for food-insecure residents from partners in Public Health Solutions and local health centers as part of the 1115 Medical Waiver
We are part of the Black Farmer Ecosystem
A cornerstone of The Farm Stop is its foundational partnership with the Black Farmer Ecosystem—a strategic, interdependent network of organizations advancing land access, capital, policy change, and market control for Black farmers in New York State.
As an Ecosystem, we are not waiting for permission. We are growing what we need.
We’re feeding the block.
Feeding the Movement.
Feeding the Future.
