​Above: Eva McKend reports on the Clemmons Family Farm, WCAX Television Local Vermont News. June 11, 2016.​


​Who We Are.

The Clemmons Family Farm stewards ​one of the largest African-American-owned historic farms in Vermont today. The farm includes 6 historic buildings (circa late 1700s-1800s), a spacious 1990’s residence, and 148 acres of prime farmland and forests, ponds and streams abundant with wildlife.  The Farm is one of the 22 official landmarks on the State of Vermont's African-American Heritage Trail.

We are a registered 501c3 Vermont non-profit organization.​  
The Clemmons Family Farm honors the extraordinary lives of Jackson and Lydia Clemmons, who have owned the farm, located in Charlotte, Vermont, since 1962. ​The farm is in a gradual transition phase from a private family-owned farm to being under the stewardship of a non-profit organization. We actively promote the deeper understanding and appreciation of African American and African diaspora history, arts, and culture. We foster opportunities to learn from our past, shape our present, and invest in our future. 

What We Do.

The Clemmons Family Farm mobilizes the power of African-American and African diaspora history, art, culture and people to build a loving and supportive multicultural community in Vermont-- and to both conserve and preserve the physical farm as an African-American owned land and cultural heritage asset for future generations. We support a growing network of Vermont artists of African descent with professional development, paid engagements, opportunities to collaborate with other artists, and advocacy for equity in the arts and culture sector.

Through our arts and culture programs, we bring people together to learn about, commune around and celebrate African-American heritage (past, present and future), and to foster the appreciation of the heritage and cultures of all people. The 148-acre working farm is one the largest African American-owned historic farms in Vermont and a landmark site on the state’s African-American Heritage Trail. In the face of African-Americans losing 93% of their combined land assets over the past century due to racism and discrimination, the Clemmons Family Farm is one of the 0.4% of farms in the US that remain African-American owned. It is also one of just 17 farms in Vermont- a state with more than 7000 farms- that are African-American owned.
Our mission is to be “more than a farm” by offering curated opportunities for visitors to celebrate the history, culture, arts and sciences of the African-American and African diaspora in a magical setting. Our arts and culture programs include:
  • guided tours of the property and historic buildings;
  • educational talks and demonstrations;
  • cooking lessons and pop-up meals;
  • music, dance and theater performances;
  • art exhibits and cultural events;
  • book talks and literary arts events;
  • holistic health and healing events;
  • on-Farm K-12 field trips and in-school classroom engagements (Learn more);
  • and family storytelling that traces more than 150 years of African-American history.  

We also provide beautiful indoor and outdoor venues for meetings, retreats and special events in a working farm landscape. 
A RARE GEM FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN DIASPORA AND FOR THE STATE OF VERMONT
The Clemmons Family Farm stewards one of the rare African-American-owned farms in the state of Vermont.
According to the 2017 United States agriculture census, of the nearly 7000 farms in Vermont, only 17 are African-American-owned.  Of the 1.2 million acres of farmland in Vermont, only 3,960 acres (0.33%) are owned or principally operated by African-Americans.  Nation-wide, less than half of one percent (0.4%) of farms in the
United States are ​African-American-owned.
Above:  Organic black beans are among the rotating crops that are grown in the prime agricultural soils of the 148-acre Clemmons Family Farm.
The farm is open for scheduled programs and events from mid-May to mid-October.
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​Questions? Leave a voice message at (765) 560-5445 and we will call you back!
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