CLEMMONS FAMILY FARM
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Open only for scheduled events, exhibits and tours. Our 2018 season starts in May.
Please see our events and exhibits pages or send us an email to sign up for our newsletter
​at clemmonfamilyfarm@gmail.com!
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Above:​ "Ready? Set? Go!" Aerial video of some of  the Clemmons Family Farm's meadows. Most of the Farm’s 148 acres are enrolled in Vermont’s Current Us​​e Program for agriculture and forestry. 
In the United States:
Less than half of one percent (0.4%) of all farms are African-American-owned.
Of the one billion acres of agricultural land, only 3.8 million acres are African-American-owned.

In the state of Vermont:
Of the 1.2 million acres of farmland, only 740 acres are owned or principally operated by African-Americans.
Of approximately 7000 farms, only about 19 are owned or principally operated by African-Americans.  
Source: US Agriculture Census, 2012.

About our Farm

​Nestled between the Green Mountains to the East, the Adirondack Mountains to the West, and minutes from beautiful Lake Champlain, are 148 acres of prime farm land, expansive open meadows, woodlands, forests, ponds, streams and historic buildings dating back to the late 1700's and early 1800's. This breathtaking place is the Clemmons Family Farm — one of the largest and oldest African-American-owned farms in the state of Vermont today.​ The Clemmons family has owned the Farm since 1962.
Above:​ "Meadow Meditations": Watch the progressive ripening, from green to gold, of the Summer 2016 crop of organic hay, alfalfa and wheat grown on the prime agricultural soils of the Clemmons Family Farm.  Video footage by Nancy Winship Milliken. 
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Above: Jack Clemmons and a grandson on the Farm, 1992.

​​​​​Agricultural produce
For more than fifty years, the Clemmons Family Farm's prime agricultural land has produced organic hay and alfalfa. More recently, the Farm has added wheat, soy, black beans and pinto beans to its organic produce.
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​​​​As part of its revitalization program, the Clemmons Family Farm is exploring collaboration with farmers in Vermont and neighboring states. We are in dialogue with the University of Vermont Center for Sustainable Agriculture, the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, the Alabama A&M Forestry, Ecology and Wildlife Program, and others who are interested in sustainable agriculture and silviculture initiatives. Large-scale production and packaging of organic vegetables and grains that are part of traditional African-American and African cuisine, sheep, goats, bee hives, and an ​African diaspora farm-to-table enterprise are among the activities being planned for the revitalization of the Farm's agriculture program, beginning in 2017.
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Our Farm program activities will also include:
  • opportunities for visitors to participate in the ongoing farming and rural life activities at the Farm;

  • ​learning opportunities through farming workshops, farm markets, farm “swaps”, and pop-up cafes that feature the fabulous foods and farm-to-table cuisines of the many cultures of the African diaspora.
OUR VISION
LEARN ABOUT OUR FOREST
Above: Ryan takes a break in the shade during his stay on the Farm with his parents this summer vacation. He accompanied his mother Donna Sherard, author of the children's book, The Splendiferous Adventures of Ryan Odongo, at her book reading in the historic Barn House in June 2017.
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  • About Us
    • Our Vision >
      • Our Plans for the Center
    • Who We Are >
      • Jack and Lydia's Living Legacy
      • How Jack and Lydia Found and Bought the Farm
    • What We Do
    • Our News >
      • Press Coverage
      • 2017 Updates
      • 2016 Updates
    • What Our Community is Saying >
      • Feedback from other Vermont communities
    • When Are We Open?
  • Programs
    • Farm >
      • Forest
    • Art >
      • Culinary Heritage & Arts Program
      • Farm2Art Program >
        • Summer 2016 Farm2Art Program
      • A bit about the Art
    • Heritage >
      • Our Heritage
      • Holding On to Our Legacies!
    • Science
  • Events & Exhibits
    • Events
    • Exhibits
  • Farm Storytelling Channel
    • Farm Storytelling Channel
    • Our Storytelling >
      • Heritage, Farm & Family Stories >
        • Louisiana and Arkansas: 1800s - 1920s
        • From the South to the Mid-West: 1930s to 1950s
        • Vermont: 1960's - present
        • Finding and Buying the Farm
      • Vermont2Africa and Back Stories
      • Farm Youtube Channel
  • Historic Buildings
    • Six Historic Buildings
    • The Barn House >
      • The Barn House Legacy
    • The Big Barn >
      • The Water Cistern
    • The Main House >
      • About the Black Locust Trees
    • The Shop
  • Subscribe!
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