Arable: Episode 01 | The Future Collective x Dos’ Bar LET’S GET DEEP: LAND

The Future Collective x Dos’ Bar LET’S GET DEEP: LAND launched a four-part panel discussion series exploring the intersection of local food and wine production, employers and farmworkers, and housing affordability and food security in Sonoma Valley.

These recordings are the first installment of 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, a series that reveals the human systems—labor, land, and culture—behind Sonoma’s food and wine industries, directed by Aaron Brown, presented by The Future Collective, a movement designed to cultivate a new generation of community leaders in Sonoma Valley.

This panel discussion, presented to the community at Dos' Bar on April 24, 2025, brought together distinct perspectives: Melissa Bucklin of Oak Hill Farm on the inherently extractive and exclusive nature of local food production; Saskia Tingey of Hamel Wines on land ownership and decision making around viticultural practices; Christian Cain of Perennial Grazing, whose sheep grazing practice is rooted in mutualism between animals and plants; Charlie Toledo (Towa) of Suscol Intertribal Council, who has led the creation of land-based projects to preserve Native American culture and human rights, and Elaine Chukan Brown (Inupiaq and Unangan-Sugpiaq), whose work as an author and global educator is at the forefront of using wine as an entry point to self-determination that leads to social justice.

The project is funded by Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund. For more The Future Collective events, follow @thefuturecollective.sv or visit thefuturecollective.org.