CLEMMONS FAMILY FARM
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The Clemmons Family Farm: A Rare Gem

The Clemmons Family Farm is one of the rare ​African-American owned farms in Vermont and in the nation: only 0.4% of all farms in the United States are Black/African-American owned. The Farm is also one of the 22 landmark sites on Vermont's African-American Heritage Trail.

We offer African-American and African diaspora history, arts and culture programs designed to address community development opportunities and challenges, to build a loving multicultural community, and create a special sense of place. We support a network of more than 160 Vermont African-American/African diaspora artists with opportunities for social networking, professional development, a platform for greater visibility, paid engagements, relief grants, and creation grants.

We are a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization. Your donations are tax-deductible.
African-Americans comprise 13.4% of the population in the United States ​and own just 0.4% of the land.
​Over the span of the lifetimes of 97-year-old
Jack and Lydia Clemmons, African-Americans have lost nearly 93% of their land assets in the country:
​from ~44 million acres in the 1920's to approximately
3.5 million acres today.
Above:  Watch a 2-minute video that illustrates the significance of the Clemmons Family Farm as a land and cultural heritage asset. 


​Two Ways You Can Donate to the Clemmons Family Farm

​Your donation will help us compensate our collaborating artists for their time and talent in leading our arts and culture programs, and will also help us to keep the land and buildings available for the community and other visitors to enjoy during scheduled tours and events.

Two ways to donate:

1. MAKE A DONATION ONLINE: 
We are a registered 501c3 non-profit organization. Tax-deductible gifts can be made with online payment to the Clemmons Family Farm, Inc. by clicking on the DONATE button to the right to begin:
 2.  MAIL A CHECK TO THE CLEMMONS FAMILY FARM
Tax-deductible gifts can also be made by check directly to CLEMMONS FAMILY FARM, INC.  Please mail to:

Clemmons Family Farm, Inc.
2213 Greenbush Road
Charlotte, Vermont 05445
Your donations to our arts and culture programs ​help us to compensate our team of collaborating artists who share their talents and skills with schools and communities.

Your donations also help us to keep the Clemmons Family Farm available for enjoyment by the community during scheduled tours and events.  The Farm includes 6 historic buildings, 90 acres of prime agricultural soils, and nearly 60 acres of forest and woodlands.  Preserving the Clemmons Family Farm is about more than saving a beautiful land asset: it is about saving a rare cultural heritage asset for our community, state and nation. The farm is one of the handful of African-American owned farms in Vermont and the nation: just 0.4% of all farms in the United States are African-American owned. 

Jack and Lydia Clemmons have owned the farm since 1962-- never selling a single acre out of love for the land and for their vision of retaining it as a place for all people to learn, commune and celebrate around African-American heritage. ​

​Against the backdrop of the dramatic loss of African-American-owned farmland in the United States, this beautiful Vermont farm, imbued with generations of family history and storytelling, is an extraordinary gem.
Thank you for supporting our programs and helping us preserve a rare gem
in Vermont ​and in the nation- ​for everyone to enjoy!
Contact us at: contact@clemmonsfamilyfarm.org
​
Leave us a message at: 765-560-5445

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  • What We Do
    • About Our Programs >
      • K-12 Ethnic Studies
      • Creating Healthy Communities >
        • Cancelling Miss Rona
        • A Sense of Place >
          • A Sense of Place at NEFA-CCX
      • The Agitators
      • Art >
        • A bit about the Art
        • Farm2Art Program
        • Culinary Heritage & Arts Program
      • Farm
      • Forest
      • Our Heritage
  • About
    • 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
      • Holding On to Our Legacies
    • When Are We Open?
    • Press Coverage >
      • Other News >
        • 2019 Visitors Survey: Sneak Preview
        • 2018 Updates
        • 2017 Updates
        • 2016 Updates
    • What Our Community is Saying >
      • 2018 Visitor Survey Findings!
      • Feedback from other Vermont communities
    • Subscribe!
  • The Storytelling Room
    • Alone Together With Words That Heal
    • Juneteenth in the Air Program (2020)
    • 2018 To Sing of Common Things
    • Family Storytelling >
      • Farm Storytelling Channel
      • Our Storytelling >
        • Heritage, Farm & Family Stories >
          • Louisiana and Arkansas: 1800s - 1920s
          • From the South to the Mid-West: 1930s to 1950s
          • Finding and Buying the Farm
        • Vermont2Africa and Back Stories
  • Artists' Registry
    • Are You Looking for an Artist?
    • Why, Hello there, Artists!
  • Historic Buildings
    • Venue Rentals
    • Stay with Us!
    • Six Historic Buildings
    • The Barn House >
      • The Barn House Legacy
      • The Barn House Library
      • Stay with Us!
    • The Big Barn >
      • "Making History, Creating Place" Videos!
      • The Historic Water Cistern
    • The Main House >
      • About the Black Locust Trees
    • The Shop >
      • Shop Storytelling Videos
  • Please Donate!
    • Subscribe!