Josina Calliste
Josina Calliste is co-founder of Land in Our Names (LION), a Black-led, grassroots collective committed to reparative justice in Britain by securing land for BPOC (Black people and People of Colour) communities.
Josina Calliste, formerly a health professional, found her way to the land, through community organising and food growing. After burning out of academia, she began thinking more deeply about the climate, farming & land justice. Under an apple tree in June 2019, she co-founded Land in Our Names (LION) to address racial justice inequalities around farming and growing food in Britain. She is currently on paternal leave with our first LION cub. Josina was the lead researcher for the Rootz Into Food Growing Report.