The Young Black Farmers Defying A Legacy of Discrimination
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- Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2019
- Kendrick Ransome started out farming a few years ago with just a hoe, a rake, and a shovel.
He could have used support getting his hog and vegetable business off the ground, but he was wary of asking institutions for help. “My big brother told me, ‘Stay away from loans,’” said Ransome. In 1925, most farmers in his rural hometown of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, were black. But now, the 26-year-old is an anomaly.
“When they did take out loans and they were unable to pay them back, you lose everything you got - that’s including your farm and your land for your family.”
Ransome’s fear of institutions is based in the centuries of discrimination black farmers have faced across the country. But despite that history, he and other young black Americans are reclaiming the trade.
The forces pushing black farmers off their land in the 20th century were manifold, and the impact was devastating. In 1920, there were more than 925,000 black farmers; by 2017, there were fewer than 46,000, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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“They're looking for ways to live out their values. And returning to the land is one dramatic way that they can do that.”
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VICE News nice perspective
Here we go again.. Oppression Olympics
Not A Olympics just an Colonized America and World.
@@cooliipie but we gotta pull ourselves up by our bout straps tho. How The hell can we when they take the boots and straps from us. They don't want us to do to them what they're still doing to us. But they're giving us every reason to. We don't care about them and what they do but they can't sleep unless they're tormenting us. What they gon say when faced to face with TMH? Doesn't matter until it happens and its coming faster than they know.
We need more black farmer's and we to teach the youth how to live off the land.
Yup
Yes
Exactly
We need our indigenous inheritance sovereignty identity back
Facts, white supremacist poisoning all the food we eat. So we gotta eat off the land.
Next the white supremacist will be to poison the land.. Some more (cause their already poisoning the land)
I've never thought of slavery when I think of Black Farmers... I think of a Black People owning Land
Learning that a new black farmer is any different than a new white farmer is a lesson you'll only learn from a Leftist. I've never had a Conservative try to explain to me that a black farmer was anything other than a farmer.....
@@rickshaw296 ok boomer
@@user-rt8sh7xt1d Bro I'm 23
@Bill Anderson you mean logical? why thank you
@Bill Anderson So let me get this straight. This persons great grandads investment got ruined by a bunch of a**holes in the 1930's, and that condemned the descendants to victim status for the next 90 years and counting? That's an impressive level of stupid. I take your boomer comment as a compliment, thank you.
It always amazes me when people act wierd to stuff that was the norm for our people. Farming is what Black have always done. people need to wake.
No, it's not what black ppl did. It's what different races did to survive.
@@reginaldgreen6221 this is about black people right now and it's something that you never knew about until now. my grandfather was a black farmer in Mississippi in the early 1900s and got his land taken from him by the KKK. I said this is about black people it is not about white people please keep your undercover white racism to yourself
@Steve Hunt Even nomads like the Osage grew stuff
Because we have been white washed. When I was growing up I would hear the elders say black people don't ski, black people don't swim etc.
Young farmer to hog: "What's up? You sleep good?" 😭😭😭
😂
yeah, he's awesome and that was adorable 💕💕💕
@@plaubuiquyen8285 ...I think he's vegan (specifically doesn't eat pork)? But if not, those hogs had a good, organic life w/a farmer who cared about their quality of rest. 😭😭😭
Happy, well rested/fed hogs = good, thick smoked sliced bacon
i know, I loved that! :)))
😭😂 and the hog answered😍 too doggone sweet!💕
Omg! I’m feeling very thankful that my family’s 250 acres of land in the Deep South didn’t get taken, though they did try. My great grandfather and family fought hard to keep our land. I wish others could’ve been as fortunate.
Me too. If all Black people had gotten their 40 acres in 1865 and kept the land in the family we would have been dominant in agriculture.
Shannon KC I agree, it can be a very lucrative business. My family would even rent some of the extra land out to other farmers who didn’t have enough.
Can I buy a couple acres. These folks in Texas holding everything down!
T A 😂 Okay Texas, well come to Georgia. I’ll hook you up once all the old heads are gone. They’re always trippin about that land.
250 acres? Yall tryna grow some hemp on a section
I'm seeing more Black farms on Facebook these days I'm happy to see it.
"Facebook" being the keyword.. Liberal Media Machine! Wow! A handful of black farmers taught by Y.T 👍
Black farmers of always been there. The people who control media and television refuse to show America the truth
@@unitedstatesofamerica7092 so the conservative media covered this??
Africa has the highest starvation rate in the world! The most malnourished children And accepts the most foreign aid from White founded countries *Be Proud*
Blacks are in an uproar as you read this because President Trump is cutting back on Aid to Africa! Do the research..
That old man looks amazing to be born in 1947
Jamerson XTHEX that’s that good farm living he was brought up on.
black people do have some amazing genes when it comes to that!
Black dont crack
1947 wasn’t that long ago
Are you kidding? Thats how we age. Some young folks live hard
So much respect for Kendrick and I hope he is successful at producing healthy food for his family and community.
“ black farmers have always been here “ I felt that ! As a vegan I would to grow my own produce and pass it on to my family
You and your partner should find a rural land and settle down. Make it a reality! My friend moved from Oakland to Humboldt county to only grow marijuana and plant based foods, and he made it happen!
They will find a way to stop you sadly....I saw it on youtube just over a week ago. They have an agenda HOWEVER grow what you will even if its small!!! 💯 Can't wait to leave here a buy a piece of land to do what nature intended it to do!! Peace and blessings EMPRESS ❤♥💚👑
@@arif5873 I camped out up in Humboldt County for 6 months in the Redwoods. Marijuana is big big big up there
Land is the basis of all power. He who controls land controls its natural resources. Can control the food chain.
My grandfather had his land taken from him back in the early 1900s in Mississippi. KKK ran him and my grandmother off of their land.
@@denisshillingford5891 im sorry to hear that bro thats fucked up Amerikkka did that to black folks. Like in the bay area we all just live with each other the rent is to high to hate each other tbh. And glad you enjoyed the redlands😅amazing trees Haha
I am planning on finding my family's land. If land was taken illegally, we have a legal right to get it back.
👏🏿
I’m in court right now. Actually fighting to get the rights back to my grandparents land in cheraw sc. it’s so hard but I’m trying
@@AshlyMonet 💪
Steve Hunt thank you for the positive vibes and honesty. I’m definitely trying my best. Hit a couple complications but god willing . 🤞🏽☺️
AshlyMonet all the best in claiming what's legally yours. Shout out from The UK
Y’all got to understand, it was never meant for black people to own land, let alone a lot of land. An acre of land isn’t cheap. So when people see us with land in our name, paid for, its makes some people mad/upset. My family owns 50 acres of land that I hunt on, and I thank God for my family holding on to that land. We own land all over but it’s important to keep it. Build on it, hunt it, and keep it in the family.
where is a good "safe" place to buy land? are yall trying to sell ant land to other blacks or naw?
This land is our they took it from us and taught us we were African watch this video ... How the American Indian became African American
Land...a resource we can’t live without! Can’t buy it on eBay or amazon! Yes! I love owning land also ....for my dogs, cats, rabbits, chickens and turtles to live on without prejudices. 🙏🏼❤️
Totally agree exactly what I am trying to do since I ventured into real eatate
@Divine Era the website landwatch.com is a good site to look for affordable land
Control the food, control population
Absolutely
Art of War 101
Amen. Remember the closures...
Princess god is an incompetent moron all of them are incompetent morons. And if you claim you're god is omnipotent but something makes it unable to do anything then, said god is not omnipotent.
This is brilliant. These people are hard working, caring, good morals and ethics. And very smart. Lovely 🕊
N8one _
i mean... half that old dude's farm was straight up stolen by his neighbors and a racist court let them do it. the consequences of racism vary from person to person, and some people really truly were dealt a bad hand, and it was the fault of racism. the young woman and the the older dude have legitimate complaints.
@@captdaddy shut up
God Bless America Hispanics can be black, white, and even asian. It’s an ethnicity, not a race. Did the teachers not teach you the difference in race, nationality, and ethnicity?
Being a farmer is an honorable job and I wish this man a healthy harvest. In a time where there are many food deserts that impact POC, black farmers are needed more than ever.
I was looking for a white persons comment
Rastafarian’s in the Virgin Islands are all involved in farming and agriculture, farming is a way of their lives 🙏🏾
It's our🗣way of life☀it root's🌴run🏃all the way back 🔙 to the book 📖 written🖋in stone💎 the nile🗣valley civilzation the temple's🏛🏛 depicting 🖼the ancient🗣african's🗣🗣 farming 🏡🐭⏳💦🐑🐖and harvesting 🥜🥒🥕🥔🌶🍅🍎🌽🌿
But Rastas don't farm for the capitalist market, they grow food primarily to feed themselves and their families.That's true Autonomy.
Yes! #VI all day!
A brother with a lot of land 🤔that is still a dream
"Brother" his Ancestors probably captured, enslaved and sold yours.. "brother" 😒
United States Of America who cares ? No one ok next !
Ya, Who cares about Facts N Truth? Certainly not liberals or blacks... O.k? Next
United States Of America I’m black asf, and I would be a great candidate to farm. I hav plenty of boys that would be down to help and all. I cant call it tho
@united states we can see your ignorance showing. What does his ancestors have to do with jalen calling him his brother? Just stop! Lmao it’s not facts because you cannot prove it!
Agriculture and Animal farming is a Billion Dollar industry project..
Kamerican Business what’s your point? I think I’m retarded
@@pakratmiz4487 please don't use this word
@@pakratmiz4487 we need to be free and create relationships with mother nature not just Facebook and social media politics but we can use more technology techniques to strike up the potential of healthy plants and animals by doing it right to make a sustainable environment through Agriculture development..
pacha 79 I’m retarded
@@pakratmiz4487 To answer your question of "What's the point?" -- I believe: #1 Kamerican Business was making a statement of fact. #2 the amount of ". . .a Billion Dollar industry. . ." is very,very under estimated, especially on a national level. Fact check please. Skip in Phoenix, Arizona 11/23/2019
I wish this segment was longer! Love it!
You are gorgeous let me know if you’re ever in Florida
I thought the same thing. I'm like, that's it?! Lol
You read my thoughts, I wish it was an entire hour or two. I love the knowledge and history of the truth.
I 100% agree!
Fun fact, there’s an heirloom flint corn from the Ho Chunk nation of Wisconsin called ‘Bronze Beauty’
farming is awesome! my mom has a farm up in north florida, and i absolutely love it there. she'll put me to work, and it's sweaty dirty work, but when you come in and get showered up after a long day transplanting seedlings to bigger pots and mixing up soil with the right amount of fertilizer and stuff, you feel so accomplished. i always got a good night's sleep after a day outside, and while we're mostly focusing on trees for hardwood or decorative palms, the greenhouse has tons of nice veggies. eating a tomato off the vine has a totally different flavor, it's delicious. oh, and there are chickens too, and legit you can taste their environment in the eggs, the hemp bedding they have, and the fresh grass, all the flavors come through in the eggs and it's amazing.
so much respect to this couple, and farmers everywhere. it's hard work, but really important.
What area I’m searching for space.
"The land really was the scene of the crime". That truly hit different...
Responsibilities are one of the most important gifts that you can give you children. This man is doing right teaching his children about labor, land, and respect
The 551 people who disliked this video are bald headed 👨🦲🤣
More like GMO has taken over with their weak mind to begin. Lol
Ali Ahmed absolutely!!
Lmaoo
"Real" Rastaman nuh mix with Hogs!!
Ok am bald headed and I liked this, lol but that was random and funny.
One day the first shall be last and the last shall be first.
DON'T WAIT ON THAT bulshit
Very soon
Sounds like you want inequality
@@Broxty more like revenge
I am an aspiring black farmer, focusing mostly on hydroponics.
Omg I loved this, in all honesty, this has really inspired me. My grandfather has this little garden in his backyard and now I want to help.
Than don’t be a dumb ass. Stop your rap music.. and go back too the land.. that will never happen..you have too many clubs too go too.. what a joke...
That's wonderful! I hope you go far with your endeavors, and stay positive and work hard. ^^
#PausimodO EP ⏯️ link
I wish I was a lawyer today, so that I could get the folks back their land...But I have to finish school.
GOD WILL USE YOU!!!
We need you
Mario Why would he want to be used by anyone especially some god that did nothing to prevent his ancestors from being persecuted? Think critical about it and stop being sheep.
REJOICE BROTHER FOR WE DIDN'T MAKE OURSELVES!!!
Mario Allen but we did
Coming from someone who grew up on a farm I love seeing this. For those you who are thinking about doing this I highly suggest do your research and start off small. If you jump in it deep you may find yourself biting off more than you can handle. Sometimes I have a tough time maintaining my few raised beds around my house. But the satisfaction of controlling your own food is the greatest of feelings.
These stories make me so mad!!🤬🤬🤬
Then people wonder why the younger black generation is so full of rage!
Yeap.
@lady grey please shut up
@lady grey shut up
That or lack of fathers
Vice found out in 2019 that there are black farmers lol
There the only one covering these stories! I guess no one else knows
D. Feliciano no one fucking cares what color the farmer is lol
@@thanksmaybe4103 oh so can you provide evidence for that? Or is that just your opinion! Should care
thanks maybe vice and and the people who clicked the video do...
Steev 7 I clicked and I don’t care 🤷🏻♂️
Good for that young man he’s doing a good job
All my elder black family use to farm, my grandparents had a small farm which I lived on but they made rules to destroy small farms!
What were the rules that killed the small farm?
Well this comment section is gonna be fun.
Cian Chatten that’s what I thought lol
I relate to this so hard
My grandparents had to leave their farm in North Carolina
Because they just couldn’t afford it anymore, never forgot my roots though. ✊
How can they not afford it? Do you have to pay for just being there? Soryy, I'm from EU.
Marko Barko utility costs basically like a business it costs support the animals and water and seeds and stuff like that
The taxes in NC are ridiculous. You have to pay property tax on your vehicle just so you have the privilege to pay your registration renewal every year. A tax to pay a tax. Having a farm, everything is taxed. Equipment, land, etc. I will never reside there again.
@@pizzulo81 wow just sad.
Yeah brother stay away from loans
And read and understand those contracts even though you paid for the land.
Alternatively form their own credit unions, circumvent the mainstream financial sector.
This is definitely something I am interested in. A man that can produce his own food will never have to worry about finding a wife. LOL!
Rod Dan Lives true haha
You are correct.😂
I never thought of it that way. I love it and will have to tell my sons!
there something about farming that's so good and mind clearing, i mean you are literally connected with nature, animals,crops and life. While the rest of the world is busy with knowing what dress kim kardashian is wearing or next gadget apple will make.
As long human need to eat as that long humanity need farmers,
no plant-based meat is the future
@@loke5551 where ya getting your plant from lol
@Discoo Flippy well lab grown food can be a possibility
And-yS yes and we can grow more vegetables, legumes, nuts and fruits. They take up less land and they don’t require fields of wheat to eat.
Am i having a stroke
I'm grateful that my family's land wasn't stolen..my 91yr old grandmother still lives on the land my grandfather bought 70yrs ago..
We need reparations. Now
The whole message the guy wants to get out is that reparations are not the way and it's essential to live off the land, not the government. Dumbass
Actually, HE needs reparations if his land was indeed stolen. You want reparations? How about free therapy for life because if your mind ain’t right, it won’t matter what the government give you, you’ll never be whole.
You are ignorant if you think the governemnt will really give repperations. Governemnt loves to make false promises
Black folks gotta grow our own food on our own land, and take legal steps to ensure our ownership. Collective ownership, land trusts and collectives are some solutions.
This is so refreshing to see!!!❤️❤️❤️ Reminds me of life back home in Kenya. I miss the village life!😩😩😩
Kuja nyumbani
@@eliudmzukah9709 Naja hivi karibuni!
@ABDUL SHARIF .. where are you from?
You should teach.
Will you return to help Kenya? Or are you happy where you are?
Farmers are needed 365 days so he is in the best place for him and his family. I love how he has his daughters out there helping and teaching them the way😍.
I plan on becoming a farmer and passing the farm down to my kids
I love learning more about #BlackFarmers in #America and hearing their stories!
This is interesting. One thing that I did not see mentioned when it comes to the obstacles that black farmers face is discrimination when it comes to supplies and seed. There was a case years back where a group of black farmers sued a supplier for selling defective seeds to black farmers and not their white counterparts. This case was proven. This goes beyond land and loans.
Our ancestors bought land and built farms and homes. Our generations buy jewelry, clothes, cars, and rent places to live.
Siloam King our generation will sell their ancestors land just to rent on that land
@Bronze Cartier Lol! When you get the communist One World government, the ONLY thing that farmers will have more of than many, is work!
@@bdale5231 The 'one world government' is looking pretty damn capitalist everywhere; and its whats been breaking people by stealing from them.
Gotta see farming as a nation building mission, instead of just a hobby or even a spiritual matter.
@Djomo Khanasante ?
"We need more black farmers" in America? Because the black people I know has always been farmers
frfr I normaly like videos like this but I'm salty off this one. My baby mama's uncle had a whole empty lot and someone paid him to farm the whole lot every yr. Then her papa (pawpaw) farmed half his lot every year, damn near broke my back when he made me help plow the area with a shovel. I could continue but my only point is so agree with you man. They did one on a bull rider to which I also no a black man that rides bulls. People are just closed minded liberal or not.
God bless that young black man❤️❤️❤️❤️
My family is from the south, my aunt was wealthy enough not to but continued farming. She grew collards, turnips and sweet potatoes. When she passed our family learned she donated all of the money she made from farming to her church's college fund. It totaled 1.2 million dollars.
Wow !
This happened so often. Stolen wealth 😢😭
Then they do that were every were black person has opportunity to get wealthy am from Congo I came here in Northern America Canada I here there black Canadian that escaped slavery they stole there land from ‘em in nova. Scotia & congo where from people would have modern technology without my country but y is the population poor and struggling all they know is rob steal and kill and they make us look bad when we try to get it how we live I’m sick of this nonsense
They better hope monsanto Dont come a knocking
They are already are in ways of making stricter laws
One remedy to The long legacy of land theft and disposession. Bravo!!!
much love for these people 🖤
40 acres and a mule. America owes black people.
America thinks and acts like it owns blacks. It doesn't
@@god-talkwithannesiademeece2721 who is "they" and are you lumping all people together based on skin-color? What about the ones with no slavery in their past and the ones who came after slavery was over? You need to keep up with family trees, everybody!
@@god-talkwithannesiademeece2721 kinda hypocritical huh
So why we’re white farns prospering while black farms suffered.. ? I know the answer but do you ?
Why?
Government hand outs saved the white farmers. The farm bill was only for poor whites who couldn't pay for land and bills due to poor crop. Black farmers were exempt from these funds so most of their land was taken when tax bill wasn't paid.
@@kevinmatthews9967 source please? This is something we all need to look at.
@@cryptozoomauler5505 here is a recent article dealing with this topic. www.motherjones.com/food/2020/11/black-farmers-have-been-robbed-of-land-a-new-bill-would-give-them-a-quantum-leap-toward-justice/
This is inspiration to me to share the knowledge of being sustainable with others !!! Thank you. Blessings galore !!! Skip in Phoenix, Arizona. 11/23/2019
hi skip hows the family
@@BlastinRope Thank you for asking - you have mistaken me for someone else. But I am good !!!
A young black anything
Will always defy
A long history of racism
More power to them ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
Ernest Vines! You big-hearted beautiful black man, you... I am gonna donate some of my land to start a similar project in your name.
After all, "Earnest Vines" is actually a perfect name for such a place.
If anyone can help get some more information on this man, I'd like to make a plaque, or something of the like, memorializing Ernest with an explanation of who he is and how he'd be related to the farming project.
This is great, America will never be able to move on until more ppl acknowledge the evils and injustices while work to the remedy there long lasting effects.
Hi, Ernest Vines is actually my grandfather & Today is his 75th birthday. I believe I May have been led into this message. Hmu!
I want to become a farmer so bad I can’t wait 😊
Same
Me too!!💪🏿
Black farmers are pretty common... at least on the Eastern Shore of Maryland... farming and crabbing is part of the culture, and a remarkable amount of black farmers and crabbers exist.
Not here in Texas. Everyone in the south gets crabs, fish, and crawfish.. but not farms.
ilovepancakeswithjam Cowboy culture came from Hispanic culture... Spain and Mexico to be exact, funny how you left that out. USA didn’t have a cowboy culture until the early 1700s when ranching made its way to present-day Texas, New Mexico, Arizona.
everyone saying “why does everything have to be about race” what people made it about race in the first place?
tbird81 Or racists????
Molls the Ghana slave trade ?
Not anyone alive today.
Vice
Riiiiiiiiiight!!!!
All I think of when I see anyone owning a farm is freedom. Don't matter what they look like. God bless them.
WHEN OUR FATHER RETURN EVERYTHING THEY DID TO HIS CHOSEN, SHALL BE DONE BACK BUT DOUBLE.
This stupidity is why they ruled over your kind. there is no father if there is and he happens to come back, he will not be back for your type... find your own and get practical solutions.
Make Farming great Again
This brings me so much happiness ❤❤❤❤❤
You don't really OWN THE LAND IF YOU STILL PAY PROPERTY TAXES AFTER THE IS PAID OFF. YOU ONLY OCCUPYING THE LAND, IF YOU CANNOT PAY PROPERTY TAXES THE GOVERNMENT [MIND CONTROL] WILL TAKE IT BACK THAT'S WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT WHO REALLY OWN THE LAND.
My Great Great Grandparents we’re forced to sell their Farm & Land In 1917 Arkansas.
They stole your child's land
The OG Hustle! Mad respect for him doing it debt free too. Love to all the younger generation returning to the land.
I wish there were more programs and organizations that taught about agriculture and farming where I live
that’s the thing it’s about being inherited, your family teaches you and you pass it down, just like property, programs would definitely be a good idea in the cities to show agriculture is a big part of our economy
Man what a great video so glad to see this keep it up man don't let anybody ever put you down, we need a million more people like you that are willing to get dirty and try something new like farming and contribute to the world instead of taking, true American hero right there.
Smart man.... God bless!
@HKZ P I guess I didn't word it correctly. What I meant is People trying something new in their life. Example in this video was, farming, I did not mean it as in farming is in any way new to the 🌎. I'm Sorry, I should of used my grammar a bit better. I have a terrible habit when I comment on videos of just using the talk-to-text is not always the easiest to interpret.
He’s farming in skinny jeans.
That's how you know it's 2019
poser
VoL. and your hating from your sofa
And he makes it look good
Because he's not a farmer, just have to keep black tears at a minimum
I actually really liked this.
I'm starting to get into farming it's going to try to buy land and raising cattle vegetables and baling hay and we need a black-owned loan businesses that will help and support black people that farming and most of all Stockyard because I'm black people not being paid fairly for a cattle then the white folks also
I didn’t even realize I didn’t think of black people when it came to farmers
Our American Black Brothers & Sisters in farming, are always welcome over here in South Africa. We're currently expropriating land from WS/colonialists. We'll probably experience a shortage of black farmers. The US is one of our largest export destinations, would be great to have people who understand that market well.
It's crazy that I've never seen this or thought about this before. It still doesn't interest me or seem like something I would enjoy but I'm happy there's people out there doing it. We need black people in every space and every career path.
"why u do dat? :v"
"cuz you're taking too long! >:/"
I worked with the USDA 2 years ago and saw first hand how Black farmers still to this day do not receive assistance. When asked for reasoning, as they were more than qualified above the reasonable standards, I would receive racist passive aggressive answers or were just not gonna give it to them. WTF! I reported it and etc. Like government, everything falls through the cracks...
Whistle blow - if you have any info ro proof send it into large newspapers like NYT, Wash post etc
I live 20 minutes from the first two farmers in Wilson NC and just recently coming back from Va Beach , I passed both of these farms on Us 13 and 42 East. I didn’t know who owned them and six days later I see this video! Wow amazing lives !
Two of the men in my family lost fingers, then we just stopped farming. They say pigs bit them off.
Edit:
If he can repair equipment, my family had a lot of ploy machines he can have.
Keep having this conversation keep having this conversation. When we were slaves we work the land. Then we wanted equality they took our land. There were people that were in slaves that were given Land by their slave owners. After the Emancipation Proclamation. And when you look at that shark and the 1920s there are more black Farmers than there are today. You have to ask yourself what happened? And the first story of the Elder farmer tells you. White people took. Whatever black people touch become successful. Then why people come in and may take it from us. So we need to keep having this conversation. Never stop having this conversation. Because a lot of people don't think about where their food comes from some other than it's a cute fat now the farm to table. But do you really think about the human beings that van that land. And what they look like and what they have to go through. Race Matters in America and every single thing you do. Whether you're rich or poor. Race Matters. Ethnicity, I should say matters. And is conversation matters because the federal government owes black Farmers billions of dollars. And land and cash.
land is the basis of all power he who controls land controls the means of production and distribution of goods to his people.
Our Ancestors were not slaves they were enslaved.
I’m a 24 yr old black woman who would love to farm and connect to the land again ....... a queen needs a kingdom, keeps repeating in my head for some reason 🤷🏽♀️ ancestors talking to me I think
Hello Winter,
If you want to learn to farm, then you should volunteer and work with some black farmers. I know a few farmers that will train you.
Oh lord- not that problem here in Mexico in Veracruz where the africanos were sold also-
Well you just keep farming. Yes sir. Don’t ask for a loan. Muy malo. I never got help either as a woman farmer! My neighbor laughed at me. But I made 54 thousand my first year- don’t ask about the second one- lol
I lost me farm... but God is good...
Never give up! Si se puede.
Pretty decent story. Something very romantic about farming. 21st century perspective.
I unfortunately just missed a talk given by the woman in grafton, I got an email about it the day of and wasn't able to make it and was hurting from missing that because I want to connect with black farmers and I am in the same state so I guess I can make a trip and attend some sessions..but how cool to see her on this video that aired today after missing her talking in my town about a week ago.
Great segment, wish it was longer...is there a link for the reperation map...
I wanted to be a farmer since I was a child. My exposure in life never brought be a clue how that would be possible. I love the life I am living, and my body still gets called at time.
I’m gonna have to manifest an opportunity. Not sure what it will look like, or how long it will last, but a dream is stirring!!
Imagine our ancestors taught them about this land and how to grow crops because it was different from their country.
It's very sad to live a life saturated, absolutely consumed, with race. Every breath, spoken word, action is seen through that prism. What a miserable existence.
That's human beings for you.
Man I loveeee his hair and his cause! As a southern raised girl even though I’m from the city it’s my dream to grow and cultivate a farm someday.
I'm late to this video but can relate. An 1810 census shows my 4th great grandfather owned land in Virginia. It's documented that in the early 1830s my 3rd great grandfather (who inherited the land) along with his wife and 2 small children left Virginia "due to oppression" and moved to Canada (had their 3rd child in Ohio before reaching Canada). In school I was taught that enslaved people fled from the US to Canada, but what they failed to teach is that some of the people who fled to Canada were prosperous land owners in the US but had to leave because of foreigners coming from overseas at the time, which land was given to them. Don't automatically assume the people with "old money" worked hard or pulled themselves up by their bootstraps to get to "old money" status.
Martin Luther King did a speech that included this issue shortly before he was killed.
Thank you for this video. I am an aspiring farmer. I've always thought of growing my own foods and buying land as a way of ensuring my son and future children had safe, healthy foods to eat. Its basically become a dream of mine, I want to leave something, a legacy maybe, behind when I leave this earth. I wish I could find a farmer husband lol that would the cherry on top 😭
This is pure anarchy ?! Growing your own food.....
I want to just say ty for this video. It was touching to my soul. I'm definitely intrested in farming. I started a garden up here in N.Y & it has been joy to my soul. I'm starting a small group together to purchased land in the south as we speak. Wish me luck keep us in your prayers as we start this journey ✌🏾
My husband went from a upper city boy to a farmer when we married. He feel in love with me and the land. We're in our 30s now and the only none white couple farming in our entire county.
The first few seconds sent me chills
Farming is literally the most important thing for humans
no the sun is
And water too
I love this! One small black farming co-op that is doing great work is Mississippi Youth Community Gardens. It was started by two african american retirees in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. They are making an impact in an area of the country hard hit by generational poverty.
A roll of a Farmer is powerful! We have to support our black farmers! SET UP A GO FUND ME! We have to support our black farmers! And get the word out!