Mountain Echoes Farm / Soil Hued Mojo
is a twenty-acre, women-of-color and family-owned farm in Mathias, West Virginia, focused on growing medicinal herbs for maternal health and creating small-batch products for BIPOC and vulnerable communities in Appalachia. It partners with local birth clinics and midwifery practices, offering products such as sitz baths, perineal sprays, teas, magnesium oil, balms, massage oils, and salves to support maternal health. The farm received a $3,097 grant to build a hoop house and a solar dehydrator, and establish bee hives on site. These initiatives aim to extend the growing season, reduce electricity use, minimize crop waste, and improve pollination for increased yields.
Founder Siara Benoit, said “We were able to complete all funded tasks/projects. This includes the installation of a hoop house to expand the growing season, the construction of a solar dehydrator and two bee hives. Our biggest challenge this season was the extreme heat but with safety measures put into practice we were able to complete all of our goals safely and effectively. An emphatic THANK YOU to The FruitGuys Community Fund.”
