05/19/2026
Meet one of our 2026 Cultivators, Sol & Roots Ranchito!
Sol & Roots Ranchito is a small, land-based farm and learning space rooted in Central Texas with Somi Se’k roots. Their work brings together farming, food, flowers, medicine, art, and education as a connected system of care centered around Black, Brown, and Indigenous families, especially during perinatal, postpartum, early childhood, and school-age stages where nourishment matters most.
Their work is deeply informed by local history, place, and relationship to land, shaping how they grow, teach, and build community.
Sol & Roots Ranchito began in response to gaps in food access, maternal and child health, and disconnection from land and history. Their work is rooted in reclaiming ancestral foodways and creating spaces where farming, healing, and education come together, informed by the histories of Somi Se’k and Central Texas, including colonialism, displacement, and resilience.
Their purpose is to reclaim land-based, transgenerational foodways that nourish Black, Brown, and Indigenous families from pregnancy through childhood. Through food, flowers, medicine, and Freedom School rooted education, they work toward maternal and infant health, land restoration, and redistribution of care and resources.
Their vision is shaped by local history and ancestral presence: a future where land is stewarded by communities who have always been here, cultural knowledge is passed on, and food access is recognized as public health. They envision children learning not only how to grow food, but also the history of the land they are on.
This season they are growing culturally relevant vegetables, herbs, medicine, and flowers including corn, beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, greens, peppers, squash, amaranth, calendula, marigolds, zinnias, indigo, and more.
Connect with Sol & Roots Ranchito through their CSA, seasonal offerings, workshops, solidarity share model, seedling U-pick opportunities, and community partnerships with schools and care networks.
For Sol & Roots Ranchito, growing food means honoring Indigenous histories and remaining accountable to land and community in the present.
