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A RARE GEM FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE AND FOR THE STATE OF VERMONT
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​The Clemmons Family Farm is one of the rare African-American-owned farms in the state of Vermont.
According to the 2012 United States agriculture census, of the nearly 7000 farms in Vermont, only 19 are African-American-owned or operated.  Of the 1.2 million acres of farmland in Vermont, only 740 acres 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.
WCAX Television News: June 2016. Eva McKend reporting.
Above: Channel 22 ABC News. February 22, 2018. Amanda Thibault and Executive Director of the Vermont Historical Society Stephen Perkins reporting. 
​​​​Located in Charlotte near beautiful Lake Champlain, the Clemmons Family Farm is ​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 landmark museums, cultural sites and historic markers on the State of Vermont's African-American Heritage Trail.  It has been owned by ​​​Jackson and Lydia Clemmons since 1962. ​
The Farm is in a gradual transition phase from a private family-owned farm to a non-profit organization.  While the 148-acre farm remains an African-American owned property, beginning in January 2020, all of our arts and culture programs on the farm and in our public schools and communities will be held by Clemmons Family Farm. Inc. as a registered 501c3 Vermont non-profit organization.  We actively promote the celebration of heritage and history as a continuum in which we learn from our past, shape our present, and invest in our future. ​

​We follow the values and traditions set by Jack and Lydia Clemmons when they arrived in the town of Charlotte, Vermont in 1962 and worked to create a loving and enriching community of friends, neighbors and visitors to their farm.  Following in their footsteps, we encourage multicultural small group interactions where quality human-to-human connections and positive relationships begin on the Farm and continue off the Farm. 
MORE ON WHAT WE DO
Contact us at: contact@clemmonsfamilyfarm.org
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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!