‘We Deserve It’: In Birmingham, Black Farmers Open Fountain Heights’ First Grocery Store in 70 years

By Shauna Stuart | For the Birmingham Times For the first time in nearly 70 years, Birmingham’s Fountain Heights neighborhood has a grocery store of its own. The Fountain Heights Farms Cooperative, a Black-owned urban farm and food sovereignty collective founded in 2016 by M. Dominique Villanueva and Christopher Gooden, hosted the grand opening of its We All Eat Market and community kitchen on Nov. 7. We All Eat offers an array of items with a special emphasis on organic products.The market shelves are lined with dry goods; bulk bins with grains, beans, and candies; fresh juice; canned goods; and condiments. Other shelves hold toiletries and household items. Fresh herbs, many grown by Gooden, line the wall behind the cash register where customers can purchase them in bulk.

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