Meet Vetiveah Immanuel

Vetiveah Immanuel is a farmer, food justice advocate, consultant, and certified life and nutrition coach dedicated to restoring the connection between people, food, and land. A former picky eater turned community feeder, she was also homeschooled, which gave her a unique perspective on her relationship to God and the land. At 16, she discovered her passion for growing food through a nonprofit farm apprenticeship in Chicago, where she witnessed firsthand the impacts of food apartheid and lack of nutrition literacy. That experience planted the seeds for a decade-long journey in urban farming, nutrition education, community building, and food justice advocacy.

Vetiveah has worked with organizations such as FoodCorps, CitySeed, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, and Green Village Initiative, where she developed cultural-revelant food literature, farm-to-school programs, coordinated community gardens, advised food entrepreneurs, and managed food business incubators. She is the founder of Radiance Gardens, a community garden and educational hub promoting equitable food access, and the co-founder of the Liberated Land Cooperative, a Black- and Brown-led CSA distributing culturally relevant food in Connecticut’s most food-insecure areas. She also serves as a board member of CT NOFA, a former NAACP Bridgeport Environment Committee member, and a steering member of the Connecticut Department of Agriculture’s Land, Capital, and Market Access Program.

Now, as a consultant, speaker, educator, and coach, Vetiveah equips communities and organizations with the knowledge, skills, and strategies to dismantle systemic barriers, reclaim food sovereignty, and build healthier, more resilient food systems.

Grounded in her faith, she integrates her Christ-centered approach into everything she does — weaving together gardening, nutrition, and advocacy as pathways to wholeness. Her mission is simple yet transformative: healing the mind, body, and soil while guiding communities to reclaim their God-given inheritance of food, land, and liberation.