A Farmer Reflects on Juneteenth
Jun 19, 2026, 9:13 AM CT
Regina M. Laroche is founder of Diaspora Gardens, a Land-Art-Spirit practice rooted in regenerative relationships with land, community and heritage. She engages farming, arts, mentoring and spiritual connection to repair, celebrate, and grow a future of justice and abundance. As the daughter of an Afro-Caribbean refugee and an African American sharecropper, a mother, sibling, and spouse, she is devoted to healing wounds of inequity and strengthening bonds of land, community, and ancestry.
Regina M. Laroche is founder of Diaspora Gardens, a Land-Art-Spirit practice rooted in regenerative relationships with land, community and heritage. She engages farming, arts, mentoring and spiritual connection to repair, celebrate, and grow a future of justice and abundance. As the daughter of an Afro-Caribbean refugee and an African American sharecropper, a mother, sibling, and spouse, she is devoted to healing wounds of inequity and strengthening bonds of land, community, and ancestry.