Edward “Eddie” Hill is one of the seven founders of Black Food Sovereignty Coalition and Director of the Black Farm Bureau. Hill brings a humorous directness and cheeky sincerity to his work advancing environmental, economic, and social justice (parity) through food systems and wealth building in vulnerable communities. Hill is an innovator and driver of work at the intersections of food justice, food systems improvement, agriculture, and BIPOC food economies for Black and Brown People in the Pacific Northwest.

Hill’s background includes community pre-development and stakeholder engagement, site and neighborhood planning, long-range comprehensive planning, green infrastructure design, regenerative ecological systems, as well as project management services, program development, and academic instruction. Hill has a B.A. in Liberal Arts: Urban Studies from The Evergreen State College, Tacoma (2005), and completed his Masters of Urban Design & Planning coursework in 2013 at the University of Washington.