Michael Carter Jr. – JP030

Carter Farms is a century farm in the Piedmont region of Virginia that specializes in growing ethnic, African tropical vegetables organically. Michael is the only other person that we know that has grown on The Continent, Afrika, and back here. This is a powerful episode.

• Works Referenced (Articles, Books, Videos)
  • Super-Natural: Building tenure, wealth, and equity on land owned by African Americans
  • Michael’s articles throughout his tenure in the VALOR program
  • Shirley Plantation
  • Up From Slavery
  • Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm
  • Lost Language of Plants
  • The Green Mile
  • The Parthenon Code
  • How to Make $100,000 on 25 Acres
  • Farming While Black
  • VSU Extension
  • PSU Extension
  • The Lean Farm
  • The Market Gardener
  • Michael’s Interview with J.M. Fortier
    • Previously referenced by Farmer Gigi!
  • Black Jacobins
  • Gabriel Prosser
  • Nat Turner
  • John Horse
  • All of Dr. Carver’s Bulletins
  • Black Church Food Security Network
• Plants Referenced
  • Managu
  • Taro
  • Red Malabar Spinach
  • Garden Eggplant
  • Tree Tomato
  • Bitter Berry / Turkey Berry
  • Amaranth
  • Nigerian Spinach
  • Bitter Gourd
  • Red Okra
  • Sorghum
  • Mucuna Bean
  • Cow Pea
  • Teff
  • Voa Canga
• For Seeds
  • Carter Brothers
  • Johnny’s Selected Seeds
  • High Mowing Seeds
  • Baker Creek
• Where have you been??!
• Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s Voice Part 3
• Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s Voice pt 2
• Dr. Isaac Zama – Amba Farmer’s Voice pt 1
• Urban Agriculture and Climate Change: “The New Normal”

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