The Young Black Farmers Defying A Legacy of Discrimination
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4 жыл бұрынKendrick 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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@VICENews 4 жыл бұрын
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@brianmcgowan9044 4 жыл бұрын
VICE News first like
@oozziehalifa4435 4 жыл бұрын
VICE News nice perspective
@cooliipie 4 жыл бұрын
Here we go again.. Oppression Olympics
@joyjoy1236 4 жыл бұрын
Not A Olympics just an Colonized America and World.
@dhare07 4 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@MrLamont215 4 жыл бұрын
We need more black farmer's and we to teach the youth how to live off the land.
@eyemunknown4979 4 жыл бұрын
Yup
@xRMXx 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@ImsHippieNatureWomanChildofYah 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@Boss-mo6hp 4 жыл бұрын
We need our indigenous inheritance sovereignty identity back
@redalert2291 4 жыл бұрын
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)
@tiadeese 4 жыл бұрын
Young farmer to hog: "What's up? You sleep good?" 😭😭😭
@philthy.basement 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@BothHands1 4 жыл бұрын
yeah, he's awesome and that was adorable 💕💕💕
@tiadeese 4 жыл бұрын
@@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
@opiagasm431 4 жыл бұрын
i know, I loved that! :)))
@kimandrea3154 4 жыл бұрын
😭😂 and the hog answered😍 too doggone sweet!💕
@uwanan7557 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@ShannonsBibleStudy 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@uwanan7557 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@TA-nq1 4 жыл бұрын
Can I buy a couple acres. These folks in Texas holding everything down!
@uwanan7557 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@kieranmcquillan2783 4 жыл бұрын
250 acres? Yall tryna grow some hemp on a section
@themessengacross1581 4 жыл бұрын
I've never thought of slavery when I think of Black Farmers... I think of a Black People owning Land
@rickshaw296 4 жыл бұрын
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.....
@user-rt8sh7xt1d 4 жыл бұрын
@@rickshaw296 ok boomer
@rickshaw296 4 жыл бұрын
@@user-rt8sh7xt1d Bro I'm 23
@rickshaw296 4 жыл бұрын
@Bill Anderson you mean logical? why thank you
@rickshaw296 4 жыл бұрын
@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.
@myabbayah9092 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@reginaldgreen6221 4 жыл бұрын
No, it's not what black ppl did. It's what different races did to survive.
@denisshillingford5891 4 жыл бұрын
@@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
@everettduncan7543 3 жыл бұрын
@Steve Hunt Even nomads like the Osage grew stuff
@mrsbdubc2174 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@jamerson808 4 жыл бұрын
That old man looks amazing to be born in 1947
@hidebehindmyusername8557 4 жыл бұрын
Jamerson XTHEX that’s that good farm living he was brought up on.
@AboveSomething 4 жыл бұрын
black people do have some amazing genes when it comes to that!
@TheRabbitHiro 3 жыл бұрын
Black dont crack
@Alchewand 3 жыл бұрын
1947 wasn’t that long ago
@livefromtheground7274 3 жыл бұрын
Are you kidding? Thats how we age. Some young folks live hard
@xxxxxx-br6ix 4 жыл бұрын
So much respect for Kendrick and I hope he is successful at producing healthy food for his family and community.
@davidmoore5004 4 жыл бұрын
I'm seeing more Black farms on Facebook these days I'm happy to see it.
@unitedstatesofamerica7092 4 жыл бұрын
"Facebook" being the keyword.. Liberal Media Machine! Wow! A handful of black farmers taught by Y.T 👍
@PhilMoBetta 4 жыл бұрын
Black farmers of always been there. The people who control media and television refuse to show America the truth
@plutotech 4 жыл бұрын
@@unitedstatesofamerica7092 so the conservative media covered this??
@unitedstatesofamerica7092 4 жыл бұрын
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*
@unitedstatesofamerica7092 4 жыл бұрын
Blacks are in an uproar as you read this because President Trump is cutting back on Aid to Africa! Do the research..
@monaleon7184 4 жыл бұрын
“ 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
@arif5873 4 жыл бұрын
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!
@dashannamccullum 4 жыл бұрын
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 ❤♥💚👑
@denisshillingford5891 4 жыл бұрын
@@arif5873 I camped out up in Humboldt County for 6 months in the Redwoods. Marijuana is big big big up there
@denisshillingford5891 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@arif5873 4 жыл бұрын
@@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
@donavan4387 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheHumbleEra 4 жыл бұрын
where is a good "safe" place to buy land? are yall trying to sell ant land to other blacks or naw?
@aborigineone2377 3 жыл бұрын
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
@tinawindham6958 3 жыл бұрын
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. 🙏🏼❤️
@randalllawkin 3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree exactly what I am trying to do since I ventured into real eatate
@donyetta83 3 жыл бұрын
@Divine Era the website landwatch.com is a good site to look for affordable land
@MsAjefferson 4 жыл бұрын
I am planning on finding my family's land. If land was taken illegally, we have a legal right to get it back.
@darrenhilton9402 4 жыл бұрын
👏🏿
@AshlyMonet 4 жыл бұрын
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
@LIBqueen 4 жыл бұрын
@@AshlyMonet 💪
@AshlyMonet 4 жыл бұрын
Steve Hunt thank you for the positive vibes and honesty. I’m definitely trying my best. Hit a couple complications but god willing . 🤞🏽☺️
@TheMeloman79 4 жыл бұрын
AshlyMonet all the best in claiming what's legally yours. Shout out from The UK
@lovely-mk4rt 4 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant. These people are hard working, caring, good morals and ethics. And very smart. Lovely 🕊
@BothHands1 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@dorobo81 4 жыл бұрын
@@captdaddy shut up
@jaguaredgar2032 4 жыл бұрын
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?
@isabelchaparro2608 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@6lackhammer503 3 жыл бұрын
I was looking for a white persons comment
@MrGelly70 4 жыл бұрын
Control the food, control population
@jenniferbeathea7906 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@TrillBill 3 жыл бұрын
Art of War 101
@eliyahubenysrael6272 3 жыл бұрын
Amen. Remember the closures...
@hainleysimpson1507 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Chosen1Ras 4 жыл бұрын
Rastafarian’s in the Virgin Islands are all involved in farming and agriculture, farming is a way of their lives 🙏🏾
@petermorton301 3 жыл бұрын
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 🥜🥒🥕🥔🌶🍅🍎🌽🌿
@kocholawis1851 2 жыл бұрын
But Rastas don't farm for the capitalist market, they grow food primarily to feed themselves and their families.That's true Autonomy.
@KijijiSanaa 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! #VI all day!
@ShwagSoLovelyy 3 жыл бұрын
"The land really was the scene of the crime". That truly hit different...
@jalenharris974 4 жыл бұрын
A brother with a lot of land 🤔that is still a dream
@unitedstatesofamerica7092 4 жыл бұрын
"Brother" his Ancestors probably captured, enslaved and sold yours.. "brother" 😒
@jalenharris974 4 жыл бұрын
United States Of America who cares ? No one ok next !
@unitedstatesofamerica7092 4 жыл бұрын
Ya, Who cares about Facts N Truth? Certainly not liberals or blacks... O.k? Next
@jalenharris974 4 жыл бұрын
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
@meerodolla294 4 жыл бұрын
@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!
@4Chizkey 4 жыл бұрын
Agriculture and Animal farming is a Billion Dollar industry project..
@pakratmiz4487 4 жыл бұрын
Kamerican Business what’s your point? I think I’m retarded
@pacha7977 4 жыл бұрын
@@pakratmiz4487 please don't use this word
@4Chizkey 4 жыл бұрын
@@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..
@gickygackers 4 жыл бұрын
pacha 79 I’m retarded
@l.skipallen9080 4 жыл бұрын
@@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
@BothHands1 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@livefromtheground7274 3 жыл бұрын
What area I’m searching for space.
@CrazyJodice 3 жыл бұрын
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
@bronzebeauty295 4 жыл бұрын
I wish this segment was longer! Love it!
@americanmuscle7015 4 жыл бұрын
You are gorgeous let me know if you’re ever in Florida
@fineboriqua16 4 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing. I'm like, that's it?! Lol
@doclove2045 4 жыл бұрын
You read my thoughts, I wish it was an entire hour or two. I love the knowledge and history of the truth.
@trualchemi 4 жыл бұрын
I 100% agree!
@Agr414 4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, there’s an heirloom flint corn from the Ho Chunk nation of Wisconsin called ‘Bronze Beauty’
@fabianloveslaw401 4 жыл бұрын
I wish I was a lawyer today, so that I could get the folks back their land...But I have to finish school.
@marioallen6380 3 жыл бұрын
GOD WILL USE YOU!!!
@omg1103 3 жыл бұрын
We need you
@hainleysimpson1507 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@marioallen6380 3 жыл бұрын
REJOICE BROTHER FOR WE DIDN'T MAKE OURSELVES!!!
@Alchewand 3 жыл бұрын
Mario Allen but we did
@Ben-eh2bq 4 жыл бұрын
One day the first shall be last and the last shall be first.
@brotherman1363 4 жыл бұрын
DON'T WAIT ON THAT bulshit
@ahayahsangel6183 4 жыл бұрын
Very soon
@Broxty 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you want inequality
@AtreVire 3 жыл бұрын
@@Broxty more like revenge
@Ochieaunna 4 жыл бұрын
The 551 people who disliked this video are bald headed 👨🦲🤣
@mahadahmed9946 4 жыл бұрын
More like GMO has taken over with their weak mind to begin. Lol
@Ochieaunna 4 жыл бұрын
Ali Ahmed absolutely!!
@jenniferbeathea7906 4 жыл бұрын
Lmaoo
@jahradickslebronr353 4 жыл бұрын
"Real" Rastaman nuh mix with Hogs!!
@charlesbukenya2054 4 жыл бұрын
Ok am bald headed and I liked this, lol but that was random and funny.
@celieboo 3 жыл бұрын
I am an aspiring black farmer, focusing mostly on hydroponics.
@waNErBOY 4 жыл бұрын
Vice found out in 2019 that there are black farmers lol
@obeb787 4 жыл бұрын
There the only one covering these stories! I guess no one else knows
@thanksmaybe4103 4 жыл бұрын
D. Feliciano no one fucking cares what color the farmer is lol
@obeb787 4 жыл бұрын
@@thanksmaybe4103 oh so can you provide evidence for that? Or is that just your opinion! Should care
@steev7343 4 жыл бұрын
thanks maybe vice and and the people who clicked the video do...
@thanksmaybe4103 4 жыл бұрын
Steev 7 I clicked and I don’t care 🤷🏻♂️
@chri8067 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@deevahlyshus 4 жыл бұрын
These stories make me so mad!!🤬🤬🤬 Then people wonder why the younger black generation is so full of rage!
@neal6473 4 жыл бұрын
Yeap.
@u2cruiser7230 3 жыл бұрын
@lady grey please shut up
@kenken1704 3 жыл бұрын
@lady grey shut up
@dogguy8603 3 жыл бұрын
That or lack of fathers
@Vampiria000 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@kevinsargent79 4 жыл бұрын
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...
@ARedMagicMarker 3 жыл бұрын
That's wonderful! I hope you go far with your endeavors, and stay positive and work hard. ^^
@240walnut 3 жыл бұрын
#PausimodO EP ⏯️ link
@clintonwitt8669 4 жыл бұрын
Good for that young man he’s doing a good job
@keithelliott2328 4 жыл бұрын
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!
@cryptozoomauler5505 3 жыл бұрын
What were the rules that killed the small farm?
@roddanlives2650 4 жыл бұрын
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!
@TheMeloman79 4 жыл бұрын
Rod Dan Lives true haha
@lovepatience4352 4 жыл бұрын
You are correct.😂
@angeliquerider-mitchell2538 3 жыл бұрын
I never thought of it that way. I love it and will have to tell my sons!
@melbournechurch234 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah brother stay away from loans
@neal6473 4 жыл бұрын
And read and understand those contracts even though you paid for the land.
@ANTSEMUT1 3 жыл бұрын
Alternatively form their own credit unions, circumvent the mainstream financial sector.
@creolecelestialservices 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@eliyahubenysrael6272 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@starcherry6814 4 жыл бұрын
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. ✊
@markobarko77 4 жыл бұрын
How can they not afford it? Do you have to pay for just being there? Soryy, I'm from EU.
@ejgoldsborough3488 4 жыл бұрын
Marko Barko utility costs basically like a business it costs support the animals and water and seeds and stuff like that
@pizzulo81 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@FaithandNova 4 жыл бұрын
@@pizzulo81 wow just sad.
@fantanfor23arsiden88 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@Burrick 4 жыл бұрын
Well this comment section is gonna be fun.
@AB-gz9yb 4 жыл бұрын
Cian Chatten that’s what I thought lol
@CynthiePompey9999 2 күн бұрын
Why won't you show your face?
@maytag.orosco6582 4 жыл бұрын
God bless that young black man❤️❤️❤️❤️
@mrmister1657 4 жыл бұрын
I plan on becoming a farmer and passing the farm down to my kids
@jslack8973 4 жыл бұрын
This happened so often. Stolen wealth 😢😭
@chrisrutare1536 Жыл бұрын
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
@MichaelJohnson-jn5ld 3 жыл бұрын
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..
@IvoPurwanto 4 жыл бұрын
As long human need to eat as that long humanity need farmers,
@loke5551 4 жыл бұрын
no plant-based meat is the future
@discooflippy9056 4 жыл бұрын
@@loke5551 where ya getting your plant from lol
@mastersonogashira1796 4 жыл бұрын
@Discoo Flippy well lab grown food can be a possibility
@dylanoriundo2117 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@MrWeathers4 4 жыл бұрын
Am i having a stroke
@christopherhinds1206 4 жыл бұрын
"We need more black farmers" in America? Because the black people I know has always been farmers
@josephbeenchanged990 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@317Shannon 4 жыл бұрын
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😍.
@MikeJones-rm8xm 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@dorianmclean6755 9 ай бұрын
Wow !
@CynthiePompey9999 2 күн бұрын
Get a lawyer after u get ur birth certificate and ur mas birth certificate.
@TheLilly 4 жыл бұрын
This is so refreshing to see!!!❤️❤️❤️ Reminds me of life back home in Kenya. I miss the village life!😩😩😩
@eliudmzukah9709 4 жыл бұрын
Kuja nyumbani
@TheLilly 4 жыл бұрын
@@eliudmzukah9709 Naja hivi karibuni!
@hochiminh9884 4 жыл бұрын
@ABDUL SHARIF .. where are you from?
@eliyahubenysrael6272 3 жыл бұрын
You should teach.
@cryptozoomauler5505 3 жыл бұрын
Will you return to help Kenya? Or are you happy where you are?
@josephjackson5014 4 жыл бұрын
We need reparations. Now
@flameex1708 4 жыл бұрын
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
@shellsopinion5837 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@user-ej4li1lt3d 4 жыл бұрын
You are ignorant if you think the governemnt will really give repperations. Governemnt loves to make false promises
@brenandemossita1000 4 жыл бұрын
40 acres and a mule. America owes black people.
@MrDuplex97 4 жыл бұрын
America thinks and acts like it owns blacks. It doesn't
@cryptozoomauler5505 3 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@landonray9517 Жыл бұрын
@@god-talkwithannesiademeece2721 kinda hypocritical huh
@pizzyg 4 жыл бұрын
I love learning more about #BlackFarmers in #America and hearing their stories!
@siloamking2486 4 жыл бұрын
Our ancestors bought land and built farms and homes. Our generations buy jewelry, clothes, cars, and rent places to live.
@CM-oy2kd 4 жыл бұрын
Siloam King our generation will sell their ancestors land just to rent on that land
@bdale5231 4 жыл бұрын
@Bronze Cartier Lol! When you get the communist One World government, the ONLY thing that farmers will have more of than many, is work!
@eliyahubenysrael6272 3 жыл бұрын
@@bdale5231 The 'one world government' is looking pretty damn capitalist everywhere; and its whats been breaking people by stealing from them.
@eliyahubenysrael6272 3 жыл бұрын
Gotta see farming as a nation building mission, instead of just a hobby or even a spiritual matter.
@eliyahubenysrael6272 3 жыл бұрын
@Djomo Khanasante ?
@gradualuprisintheory 4 жыл бұрын
One remedy to The long legacy of land theft and disposession. Bravo!!!
@farah7987 4 жыл бұрын
I want to become a farmer so bad I can’t wait 😊
@camrieniyana1116 3 жыл бұрын
Same
@fromherworkshop689 3 жыл бұрын
Me too!!💪🏿
@tianna215 4 жыл бұрын
everyone saying “why does everything have to be about race” what people made it about race in the first place?
@Stella3014 4 жыл бұрын
tbird81 Or racists????
@marcusobeada9468 4 жыл бұрын
Molls the Ghana slave trade ?
@TheWrestlingFamily 4 жыл бұрын
Not anyone alive today.
@airbornestoner3077 4 жыл бұрын
Vice
@blaccolive365 4 жыл бұрын
Riiiiiiiiiight!!!!
@l.skipallen9080 4 жыл бұрын
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
@BlastinRope 4 жыл бұрын
hi skip hows the family
@l.skipallen9080 4 жыл бұрын
@@BlastinRope Thank you for asking - you have mistaken me for someone else. But I am good !!!
@andreaflores9744 4 жыл бұрын
much love for these people 🖤
@lareymac 4 жыл бұрын
They better hope monsanto Dont come a knocking
@uwpride 4 жыл бұрын
They are already are in ways of making stricter laws
@audreymew7650 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@Noadvantage246 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@reonnavines5939 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, Ernest Vines is actually my grandfather & Today is his 75th birthday. I believe I May have been led into this message. Hmu!
@dipster14 4 жыл бұрын
This brings me so much happiness ❤❤❤❤❤
@SoulBrights 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Itsimplyrosie 4 жыл бұрын
My Great Great Grandparents we’re forced to sell their Farm & Land In 1917 Arkansas.
@6lackhammer503 3 жыл бұрын
They stole your child's land
@lynavanderlust6495 3 жыл бұрын
The OG Hustle! Mad respect for him doing it debt free too. Love to all the younger generation returning to the land.
@Motivation_for_life365 3 жыл бұрын
All I think of when I see anyone owning a farm is freedom. Don't matter what they look like. God bless them.
@SilverBull30 4 жыл бұрын
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!
@SilverBull30 4 жыл бұрын
@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.
@yungheat84 4 жыл бұрын
So why we’re white farns prospering while black farms suffered.. ? I know the answer but do you ?
@slowclimbertothetop4572 4 жыл бұрын
Why?
@kevinmatthews9967 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@cryptozoomauler5505 3 жыл бұрын
@@kevinmatthews9967 source please? This is something we all need to look at.
@kevinmatthews9967 3 жыл бұрын
@@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/
@shakithashumble-pie8294 3 жыл бұрын
I wish there were more programs and organizations that taught about agriculture and farming where I live
@ferretweasel6895 2 жыл бұрын
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
@vol.9543 4 жыл бұрын
He’s farming in skinny jeans.
@VibeinATLien 4 жыл бұрын
That's how you know it's 2019
@jybuis3939 4 жыл бұрын
poser
@amani7724 4 жыл бұрын
VoL. and your hating from your sofa
@skellymom 4 жыл бұрын
And he makes it look good
@unitedstatesofamerica7092 4 жыл бұрын
Because he's not a farmer, just have to keep black tears at a minimum
@luminosecaste9811 4 жыл бұрын
A young black anything Will always defy A long history of racism More power to them ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
@nostalgia_junkie 4 жыл бұрын
"why u do dat? :v" "cuz you're taking too long! >:/"
@JonnyBgooD007 4 жыл бұрын
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...
@Ami-ut2us 4 жыл бұрын
Whistle blow - if you have any info ro proof send it into large newspapers like NYT, Wash post etc
@seafull49 4 жыл бұрын
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 !
@ttrangarajan 4 жыл бұрын
Make Farming great Again
@Ajaws 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@ceceruben6113 4 жыл бұрын
Not here in Texas. Everyone in the south gets crabs, fish, and crawfish.. but not farms.
@jaguaredgar2032 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@GoCrazyBaby3 3 жыл бұрын
I didn’t even realize I didn’t think of black people when it came to farmers
@QuotesFromTheMotherland 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheGumbo504 4 жыл бұрын
WHEN OUR FATHER RETURN EVERYTHING THEY DID TO HIS CHOSEN, SHALL BE DONE BACK BUT DOUBLE.
@mutafire 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@Zaycream21 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@misswinter1250 4 жыл бұрын
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
@harmonyandpeacetranquility7851 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@rubyredd2171 3 жыл бұрын
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 ✌🏾
@jennifermarea8011 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@BreyonnaMorgan18 4 жыл бұрын
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.
@raymondharris7226 3 жыл бұрын
This was soooooooo amazing to watch... Thank you so much for making this...
@austinpratt6852 4 жыл бұрын
I'm sitting here in amazement. This is what I want to do. I'm going all out. Thank you so much for what you do
@kagani6202 4 жыл бұрын
I actually really liked this.
@Yamatheebeauty 4 жыл бұрын
The first few seconds sent me chills
@freshencounter 3 жыл бұрын
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!!
@kikitelevi2700 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@4GODiswithus 3 жыл бұрын
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 😭
@jochemsnap 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty decent story. Something very romantic about farming. 21st century perspective.
@cinnamonandhoney1 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@lisa196409 2 жыл бұрын
I love seeing you guys working your land. I missed out on a lot growing up but I did get to go to family members farms I never wanted to go home to the city I hated the city. The city has so many people going crazy but look how tranquil and peaceful you guys look. I love it
@daletroncasablancas7870 4 жыл бұрын
Soulfire is amazing. My sister from another mister participated in their program and my seed library donated seeds to them.
@Ami-ut2us 4 жыл бұрын
What seed library ?
@daletroncasablancas7870 4 жыл бұрын
@@Ami-ut2us san diego seed library via the homegirl Brandy from San Diego
@Ami-ut2us 4 жыл бұрын
@@daletroncasablancas7870 thank you 💖
@pjg_77 4 жыл бұрын
This is pure anarchy ?! Growing your own food.....
@meloonegta 3 жыл бұрын
If someone owns got a farm, big industrie will be impacted much love love and many thanks for inspiring much love From Kongo
@NatureHeadSupreme 3 жыл бұрын
I hope I can make it out the city life soon. I dream of this lifestyle, the attained skill sets over time, the discipline, support, hard work patience..whole concept. ❤❤💯
@tweeboschlaan5115 4 жыл бұрын
I love farming with all my balls just need capital to get my arse good acres
@ashablack2291 4 жыл бұрын
You don't need acres to start. A few rows of corn, tomatoes, or greens would be a good start and get you in the habit.
@jucyjay8398 4 жыл бұрын
Not everyone has land through the family
@coldcloakmusic6630 4 жыл бұрын
jucy jay83 there are places with really cheap land, you’d be surprised
@rozs9919 4 жыл бұрын
Keep the heat on, people...Keep it Turnt Up!
@chaisroom6631 4 жыл бұрын
Great segment, wish it was longer...is there a link for the reperation map...
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