Food and medicinal sovereignty, grown and owned by Hmong women.
Peb Lub Neej is a worker owned cooperative in Saint Paul, Minnesota, building culturally rooted food systems, farmer support, and community wellness — led by the women who have farmed this work from the ground up.
2025
Cooperative Founded
8
Hmong women working together
3
Farm sites across Minnesota
To cultivate culturally rooted food and medicinal sovereignty by empowering Hmong and BIPOC farmers, advancing community wellness, and building cooperative economic systems led by women.
What we do
Products
- Fresh, culturally significant raw produce
- Value added agricultural products inspired by Hmong foodways and healing traditions
Our product development centers on culturally specific healing foods, herbal preparations, and traditional ingredients that support whole body wellness.
Services
- Consulting for organizations engaging with small scale BIPOC farmers
- Direct one on one technical assistance for BIPOC farmers
- Culturally responsive programming in agriculture, business development, foodways, and wellness
Our approach blends lived experience, cultural knowledge, and professional expertise to help farmers build sustainable, resilient operations.
Our Impact
Built from experience. Proven through results.
$150K+
TA contracts collectively secured by members
$1M+
Produce moved with farmer support
$300K+
Grants and disaster relief secured for farmers
$150K+
Grants and contracts earned directly by PLN
We are building a future where Hmong and BIPOC farmers have real power.
Peb Lub Neej is more than a cooperative — it is a movement toward sovereignty, healing, and collective prosperity.