By: Chandler Kelley Through the lens of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been more light shone on the importance of maintaining personal hygiene to promote healthy behavior and reduce the spread of the virus. Many of us remember the struggles to get soap and hand sanitizer during the beginning of …
Weekly Updates
Looking For Something Perfect? Read Our 2021 Holiday Gift Guide!
This year we have something for everyone on your list! Flip through our 2021 Holiday Gift Guide below and click one of the product names to shop! …
Meet Jennifer
Hi my name is Jennifer Wardlaw-Stephens, a mental health and human rights advocate, a seeker of truth, an inner alchemist, and a Black woman healing. I grew up in Southern New Jersey and relocated to North Carolina in 2019 after living in the NYC area for about a decade. Before relocating here, my …
Meet Payton
Hello! My name is Payton Byrnes and I started working with Benevolence Farm just two months ago. I joined the team as the Social Enterprise Growth Coordinator, a position that is a part of the Americorps VISTA program. I am originally from St. Petersburg, Florida but this past May I graduated from …
We have a new look
You may have noticed that we have a new logo, font, and color scheme. After over ten years of using our original logo, we came to a point where both our non-profit and social enterprise needed to evolve. Where it started Benevolence Farm adopted the original logo, created by Maxine Mills, …
Announcing the BF Legal Fund
A few months ago, we shared the story of a woman who was supposed to come to Benevolence Farm. Instead, upon her release after 10 years of incarceration, ICE picked her up and transferred to Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. In the time since then, we have supported her as she acquired …
Meet Ashley
Hi, everyone! My name is Ashley Vann, and I am a rising junior at Elon University. I am majoring in political science and statistics with minors in policy studies and sociology. This summer, I will be working at Benevolence Farm as a policy advocate intern, and I couldn’t be more excited! I have …
Reproductive Justice for Incarcerated Women in NC
By Leila Halperin As the number of women incarcerated in North Carolina has increased, so has the number of incarcerated pregnant people. This rise correlates with the high prevalence of reproductive rights violations in the North Carolina prison system. In fact, the treatment of incarcerated …
We did all that in 2020?!
We are so excited to release our 2020 Annual Report. Thank you to every person who contributed to the work of Benevolence Farm. Together, we are growing second chances naturally. …
Watch out world
In the last two years, I have faced one of the biggest and most life changing transitions in my life. Saying "transition" or that I was "in transition" got me a lot of strange looks from people because they thought I was talking about gender reassignment, but the transition I am talking about is …
Need a Home to Stay-at-Home
Amy, a resident of Alamance County and formerly incarcerated woman, is facing evictions along with thousands of other families across the country. We wanted to highlight her story because she is part of our community and we want to uplift the unique struggles that people with criminal records face …
When we’re all free
“No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy today, we acknowledge our own dissatisfaction and, really, rage, at the …
