Freeman Family Farm & Greenhouse

06/17/2025

📣 NO TURNING BACK!✊🏾

FIRST…
Stop by between noon and 3pm for our FREE PRODUCE DISTRIBUTION.

THEN…
Make it back by 3pm to be a part of our FREE community dinner and conversation. Make sure to come back early for that because once the food is gone.. IT’S GONE.

Bring your intelligence, creativity, empathy and open heart to thoroughly enjoy the events of the evening as we celebrate what’s occurred and plan for what’s next!

‼️ALL AGES EVLisa FreemanaChelsea Freemana Freeman

06/17/2025

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Lisa Freeman Chelsea Freeman

06/17/2025

Sorry, you missed this WONDERFUL breakfast and fellowship❤️. Come over next week!


Chelsea Freeman Lisa Freeman

06/16/2025

📣 mark your calendars

06/16/2025

‼️FREE MONDAY MORNING COFFEE IS BACK!!! ...but with a new look and day.‼️

Please join us at Freeman Family Farm Store for the COMMUNITY Kettle! Starting June 17th we will be hosting this gathering every Tuesday from 9 to 11 am.

We will have FREE tea, coffee and a baked goods available while enjoying one other in our patio space! 🫖☕🥯🥐🧋
Our tea option comes along with the opportunity to mix our own herbal tea blends to sip, that will change in theme monthly!

Stop by to see us in June for our Summer Joy blend! We are looking forward to enjoying the tea and spilling it with you!

Freeman Family Farm & Greenhouse

Lisa Freeman Chelsea Freeman

06/16/2025

Come see us tomorrow❤️☕️

Lisa Freeman Chelsea Freeman

06/15/2025

A bold and determined Black social worker who is driven to expose the truth is in need of a pro bono lawyer to champion their cause. Please inbox me.


Lisa Freeman Chelsea Freeman Ebony Evans

06/14/2025

🕊️ “INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE” 🕊️
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This Juneteenth, We Lift the Long Fight of Farmer Girl Eb
A Call to Conscience, A Call to Community, A Call to Action

📍 Freeman Family Farm & Greenhouse
🗓️ Saturday, June 21
🕛 12:00 PM — Until Justice Speaks

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🥬 12 PM – 3 PM: FREE FARMERS MARKET FOOD GIVEAWAY
We do not wait for broken systems to feed us.
We care for one another—because love is a revolutionary act.

🍽️ Following Immediately: INTIMATE DINNER + TRUTHFUL CONVERSATION
We will gather in the spirit of unity and truth to lift up the story of Farmer Girl Eb, a young Black woman who has met every closed door with grace, courage, and determination.

She has asked for nothing but the right to cultivate land—to grow food for her people and legacy for her future.
She has been met not with opportunity, but obstruction.

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🗣️ This is about more than land. It is about voice. Dignity. Freedom.
Juneteenth cannot simply be a celebration—it must also be a moment of reflection, reckoning, and radical love.

We will break bread.
We will speak truth.
We will move forward—together.

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✊🏾 If they will not open the doors, we will build our own tables.
Come ready to stand on the side of justice.
Come ready to honor the legacy of those who never gave up.
Come ready to fight—peacefully, powerfully, and unapologetically—for what is right.

PLEASE SHARE……and join us in this struggle❤️


Chelsea Freeman

Lisa Freeman
Ebony Evans

06/14/2025

Statement from a Pittsburgh Resident Tired of Being Ignored
Directed to Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle and City Leadership

I’m just a regular person trying to live, work, and raise my family in a city that claims to care about equity—but I’ve got a question:

Who exactly are you serving, Councilman Lavelle? Because it sure as hell isn’t us.

We’ve watched as land sits vacant for decades, while people like me—residents, taxpayers, workers—get pushed aside or shut out. We’ve shown up to meetings, filled out applications, made plans, and followed every rule you put in front of us. And what do we get in return?
Silence. Deflection. Delay.

You talk about justice, but too many of us have lived the reality:
• You show up for photo ops, but not for follow-ups.
• You cut backdoor deals while claiming transparency.
• And you protect the same broken system that’s crushed hope on every block in our neighborhoods.

I’m not a developer. I don’t have lawyers or lobbyists. I’m a resident. A voter. Someone who pays taxes, cleans up trash, mentors kids, and still can’t get a straight answer from the people elected to represent me.

Why is it easier for outsiders to get land and funding than it is for the people who’ve been holding it down through disinvestment and violence and neglect?

Councilman Lavelle, your silence is not neutral. It is a choice.
And we’re done accepting it.

We demand:
• Answers about how decisions are made.
• Fair, transparent access to land for residents, not just developers.
• A City Council that works for the people—not against us.

We are done begging. We are organizing. We are watching. And come election time, we will remember.

The question isn’t whether we’re qualified.
The question is: Are you still qualified to lead us?

— A fed-up Pittsburgh resident who refuses to stay silent any longer

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06/13/2025

Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Freeman Family Farm Silenced at Land Bank Hearing – Community Demands Accountability
Body:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 10, 2025
Contact:
Lisa Freeman
Founder, Freeman Family Farm & Greenhouse
📍 1426 Juniata St, Pittsburgh, PA 15233
📧 [email protected]
🌐 freemanfamilyfarmstore.com

Freeman Family Farm Denied Right to Testify at Land Bank Hearing
“We were silenced—but the community is watching.”
PITTSBURGH, PA — Despite registering in advance, Lisa Freeman—community leader, award-winning urban farmer, and founder of Freeman Family Farm & Greenhouse—was denied the opportunity to testify at today’s Pittsburgh Land Bank hearing. Her prepared remarks, which called into question the transparency and public accountability of the Land Bank, were blocked from public record.
“I pay more in property taxes than every house on two blocks surrounding my farm—combined—and yet, I was silenced,” said Freeman. “I came to speak not just for myself, but for Farmer Girl Eb, for young women breaking into farming, for residents who deserve to know whether the Land Bank represents the people or simply reflects the will of its manager.”
Freeman had planned to expose the contradiction between the Land Bank’s public mandate and its persistent refusal to release abandoned, tax-delinquent land to those actively revitalizing the community. Her remarks also called attention to a condemned 11,000 sq ft city-owned building that was removed at no cost to taxpayers through a JobCorps training initiative Freeman helped organize—providing real job opportunities for Pittsburgh youth.
While her voice was blocked in the hearing, her message lives on.
👉 We urge all media outlets to view and air the attached footage recorded by filmmaker Jeremy Burnworth, capturing Freeman’s full statement and the spirit of resistance behind the Freeman Family Farm movement.
Freeman Family Farm & Greenhouse is more than an urban garden. It is a firewall against food insecurity, a haven for children with disabilities, and a model for community-based economic justice.
We ask media outlets, elected officials, and Pittsburgh residents: Who does the Land Bank serve? And who gets silenced when they ask that question out loud?
Media Availability:
Lisa Freeman is available for interviews upon request.
Video footage and high-resolution images are available upon request or via the attached file.


Brenda Simpson
Ebony Evans

06/13/2025

06/13/2025

With Mexican War Streets Society – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉