Arlo Pate

Arlo Pate is a writer and educator currently nestled in Birmingham, Alabama. After studying Anthropology, they got their start in farming and since then has followed opportunities that lead him closer to agriculture and labor organizing with focal points in supporting urban farming and immigrant farm workers. Their relationship with the land has a profound influence on their songwriting and poetry. He finds nourishment through tending to his chickens, taking bike rides, and hosting queer dance parties. A lifelong Southerner, Arlo loves boiled peanuts and makes a mean biscuit.