K&J Farms carries on legacy of Black farmers | NJ Business Beat

Black farmers have made a profound impact on the country’s history and economy. They are a major part of New Jersey’s agricultural landscape as well. However, Black farmers have been victims of years of discriminatory practices and policies. Family-owned K&J Farms in South Jersey is thriving despite the many challenges. Raven Santana visited the farm to learn how a new generation is keeping the legacy of Black farmers alive while serving local communities.
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[@thaliawoodson2776]

Im 62 and just planted tomatoes and cucumbers for the first time. Exciting

[@perfectlyimperfect492]

Beautiful work to feed the people..Thank you Sir. 🙏🏻

[@kevinpoole4323]

Beautiful Lady Great Program Thank you for Supporting The Black Farmers.

[@kershawpatton1547]

I congratulate you for being a role model for up and coming black farmers...

[@johnobrien5440]

This is a great guy! He knows his business and he takes pride. I've seen farms owned by older white folks not as well ran and not doing well. They should not judge. ALL farmers should support each other. Period.

[@carolynsteele1465]

What a lush, clean, beautiful, and well-maintained farm! I remember when farmers were called the backbone of America. They may be sharing that status with others, but they still are.

[@ArkRepublic]

We'd like to believe that our sister organization, Black Farmers Index, has helped elevate Black farmers across the U.S. including New Jersey. Good job K&J Farms. Next New Haven Farms

[@rovingearth7028]

Really great reporting and images.

[@kevinpoole4323]

Congratulations Kenny

[@yogawithmarshalla]

Great feature!

[@kevinpoole4323]

Thanks New Jersey Business Beat.

[@LEGACYFOCUS]

My grandparents were poor farmers.....🎉

[@farnorthhomested844]

he seems pretty smart. must have listened well to his dads advice growin up.

[@philipjones5364]

I am a descendant of landowners in Evergreen Alabama. We own 70 acres and it’s dormant no one is doing anything with it. We are thinking about growing Longleaf Pine trees a long term investment.

[@kevinpoole4323]

All Purpose Black Farmer Designated

[@sanyundekou9332]

❤

[@belindahopkins7875]

Kids need to learn where food comes from and the work that it takes to put food in the stores .History tell us that farming was mostly done by black farmers. They may not owned the land but they were the heart of the farm.

[@belindahopkins7875]

Look into FFA and see if there is a program there. I am in Arizona and my degree is agriculture. Surprise all our farm land in the last two years in a place that for 60 years of my life just went into houses and warehouses 😢😢😢😢

[@Nicole-kx9vg]

🙂

[@torquetrain8963]

Black Americans have always been farmers . Its the usda and racist policies that discriminated against them. Often ,many white folks are misinformed when they think that blacks just naturally aspire to an urban lifestyle and have an inherent disdain to farming and all things agricultural. kkk, racist groups and racist usda policies kicked free blacks off farms and killed black farmers. In Africa, blacks are landowners and farmers. They even wear cowboy hats and boots. So, America has alot of explaining to do. I am white by the way. I am also not a self hating white either.

[@2cool460]

@5:11 There has been discrimination... yeah, for centuries. It continues to this day. Seemingly, that evilness, that disdainful perception of said (racially/ethnically) Black Americans is culturally inherent, an indoctrination that is perpetuated and deliberate.
And that cultural conditioning of [invalid] disdainment has also for at least a couple of centuries established coalitions with "others" of said different demographical labeled groups, too. That's not hyperbole. That is factual - said the ongoing unwarranted, invalid anti-Black American racism/bigotry/discrimination.