Black-Owned Farms, Herb Growers & Agriculture Directory

A growing, state-by-state directory of Black-owned and operated farms, herb growers, apiaries, and agricultural enterprises across the United States — anchored in North Carolina and the Piedmont Triad, and expanding outward to nearby states.

North Carolina

Our home base — with special focus on the Piedmont Triad (Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, and the surrounding counties).

Featured: Piedmont Triad & Winston-Salem Area

  • Hempress Farms — Winston-Salem (Yadkin Valley), NC — Boutique artisanal hemp grower with an indoor and outdoor operation.
  • MICDC Community Incubator Farm and Food Project — Winston-Salem, NC — Educational incubator farm growing vegetables and fruit for the community.
  • Miss Humble Bee — Winston-Salem, NC — Local beekeeper and honey producer with local delivery.
  • White Family Urban Farm — Winston-Salem, NC — Microgreens and gourmet mushrooms.
  • Deacon Davis Farm — High Point, NC — Organic vegetables.
  • Drozik's Urban Farms — High Point, NC — Chemical-free herbs and vegetables.
  • Granville District Farms — Greensboro, NC — Seasonal vegetables and fruit.
  • Mother's Finest — Greensboro, NC — Urban farm.
  • Lucas Farm — Greensboro, NC — Fresh vegetables and fruit.
  • Blackwell's Farm — Reidsville, NC — Family farm.
  • Deeply Rooted Acres — Reidsville, NC — Cattle.
  • Green Heffa Farm — Liberty, NC — Herbs and hemp grown using organic, sustainable methods.
  • Summers Farms Hemp — Pelham, NC — Hemp and hemp-infused products.
  • Pass Gen Farms — Leasburg, NC — Chickens, goats, and seasonal produce.
  • Kindred Seedlings Farms — Burlington, NC — Seedlings and sustainable home-growing education.
  • Kindred Seedlings Farm — Graham, NC — Herbs, teas, and smudge sticks.
  • Miles Family Farm — Burlington, NC — Vegetables, flower seedlings, and fruit.
  • Blessings by Bolton Farms — Caswell County, NC — Seasonal produce, including ethnic crops.

Produce, Vegetables, Fruit & Row Crops

  • 4M Farm — Roxboro, NC — Seasonal produce; also raises turkey and chickens for eggs.
  • Abanitu Organics — Roxboro, NC — A wide range of regional vegetables.
  • Ashanti Farmer — Charlotte, NC — Indigenous, organic seed keeping.
  • B&M Family Farm — Jacksonville, NC — Fruit and vegetables.
  • B. R. Jeffers Farm — Roxboro, NC — Hogs and pork, plus seasonal fruit and vegetables.
  • Bell Cotton Gin — Jackson, NC — The only Black-owned cotton gin in the index.
  • Bernard Singleton Farm — Charlotte, NC — Vegetables, root crops, and seasonal fruit.
  • Black Cotton — Garysburg, NC — Cotton farming shipped across the US.
  • Clark's Produce Farm — Tar Heel, NC — A wide selection of vegetables and fruit.
  • Contoe Family Farm — Contoe, NC — Community-garden-grown produce.
  • Cotten Picked — Pittsboro, NC — Specialty cut flowers, fruit, and produce.
  • D.A.N's Farm Fresh Produce — Whiteville, NC — Fresh produce and eggs.
  • Dave and Lloyd's Produce Farm — Willard, NC — Seasonal vegetables, including ethnic produce.
  • Evans Family Produce Farm — Fayetteville, NC — Seasonal fruit and vegetables.
  • Faithful Farms — Chapel Hill & Carrboro, NC — Organically grown seasonal produce.
  • First Fruits Farm — Louisburg, NC — Grows produce donated to food pantries and after-school programs.
  • Foot Prints In The Garden — Mt. Olive, NC — Muscadine grapes and vegetables, including ethnic crops.
  • Fourtee Acres (Williams Family Farm) — Enfield, NC — Forestry, farming, and rental property.
  • Friendly Farms — Cerro Gordo, NC — Seasonal produce.
  • Gemway Farms, LLC — Charlotte, NC — Seasonal produce and consultations.
  • GiGi Garden of Good — Bladenboro, NC — Seasonal vegetables, with a specialty in garlic.
  • Golden Organic Farms — Pinetop, NC — Fruit, vegetables, and meat products.
  • Grow Green Acres — Nakina, NC — Vegetables and watermelon.
  • Handewa Farms — Rougemont, NC — Corn, potatoes, and hemp.
  • Harrell Farms — Scotland Neck, NC — Cotton, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and other row crops.
  • James Family Farm — Jamesville, NC — Seasonal vegetables.
  • Janco Community Farms — Charlotte & Statesville, NC — Traditional crops such as tomatoes and cucumbers.
  • Keaton's Family Farm — Delco, NC — Vegetables, peanuts, and seasonal fruit.
  • Kidd Farm — Selma, NC — Farm-fresh vegetables and fruit, with a specialty in garlic and ethnic produce.
  • Little Washington Growing Group — Goldsboro, NC — Vegetables and fruit grown without synthetic chemicals.
  • Mayfield Woodard — Apex, NC — Okra production.
  • Moore's Family Farm and Fresh Produce — Blounts Creek, NC — A wide selection of vegetables.
  • Ms. Mary's Berries — Fuquay-Varina, NC — Organically grown blueberries with U-Pick options.
  • NewSoil Vermiculture — North Carolina — Worm-based composting and soil health products.
  • Nile River Ranch — Orrum, NC — Blueberries, honey, pecans, and halal meat, all organically grown.
  • Olusanya Farm — Oxford, NC — Vegetables and fruit grown with regenerative agriculture.
  • One Meal A Day (OMAD) Farm — Holly Springs, NC — Organic dairy and produce.
  • Perkins Orchard — Durham, NC — Orchard fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
  • Pine Knot Farm — Hurdle Mills, NC — Vegetables and grass-fed livestock; certified organic.
  • Pitt Farm — Elm City, NC — Wheat and harvested prawn.
  • Savage Farm — Durham, NC — Produce grown alongside the Black Family Land Trust, one of the nation's few Black-led land trusts.
  • Seeds for Change Urban Farm — Charlotte, NC — A variety of vegetables.
  • Singing Stream Farm — Granville County, NC — Collard greens.
  • The Cottens at Perry-winkle Farm — Chatham County, NC — Flowers, vegetables, and pasture-raised eggs.
  • Thigpen Farms — North Carolina — Collard greens, leafy greens, cantaloupe, and watermelon.
  • Upchurch Produce and Co. — Lillington, NC — Vegetables and fruit.
  • Watkins Grove Farm — Charlotte, NC — A wide variety of vegetables, leafy greens, and seasonal fruit.
  • Watson Family Farm — Rich Square, NC — Pasture-raised eggs and produce.
  • Wright Answer Farms — Raleigh, NC — Garlic, used in handcrafted garlic-based spices.

Herbs, Flowers & Botanicals

Livestock, Poultry, Meat & Dairy

Honey & Apiaries

Hemp Farms

  • Brown Family Farms — Warren County, NC — Naturally cultivated raw industrial hemp on historic land.
  • Hemp Gen, LLC — Williamston, NC — Industrial hemp, responsibly grown and processed.
  • HempFarma NC — Wendell, NC — Medicinal hemp, hemp fiber, and cannabis.
  • Love & Hemp Crop — North Carolina — Hemp cultivation.

Mushrooms & Microgreens

Aquaculture & Seafood

Vineyards & Wineries

Cooperatives, Land Trusts & Community Farms

Virginia

Bordering North Carolina to the north — entries below emphasize Southside and Piedmont Virginia, closest to the Triad, alongside notable enterprises statewide. This section will continue to grow.

Produce, Vegetables & Fruit

Herbs, Flowers & Botanicals

Livestock & Meat

  • Abdus-Sabur Farms — Indian Spring, VA — Halal lamb and beef cattle.
  • Cattle Run Farm — Ruckersville, VA — Grass-fed, free-range, no-antibiotic beef and pork.
  • Fitrah Farms — Central VA — Organic, pasture-raised, hand-slaughtered halal chicken.
  • Rose Hill Farm — Gloucester, VA — Chicken, goats, and handmade farm products.
  • Salt and Pepper Farm — Fluvanna, VA — Woodlot pork, raw honey, and pasture-raised chicken and eggs.
  • Sylvanaqua Farms — Earlysville, VA — Forest-raised pork and grass-fed beef.
  • Vanguard Ranch — Gordonsville, VA — Goats and organic heirloom vegetables.
  • Wilbourne Farms — Halifax County, VA — Cattle and hay.

Honey, Hemp & Apiaries

  • Berrily Urban — Northern VA — Eggs, honey, and compost using sustainable methods.
  • FETT DACKEL Apiary — Fredericksburg, VA — Honey, honeybees, honeycomb, and bee pollen.
  • Morton Farms — Scottsburg, VA — Compliant hemp biomass and flower.
  • Trez Hemp — Surry, VA — Certified organic hemp products.
  • Verde Hemp Farms — Surry County, VA — Hemp.
  • Webbie Farms — Alberta, VA — Small-batch hemp and hemp-based products.

Cooperatives & Community Farms

South Carolina

South of North Carolina, with a strong concentration of Gullah farming heritage in the Lowcountry. This section will continue to grow.

Produce, Vegetables & Row Crops

  • Ashford Family Farms — Columbia, SC — A variety of vegetables, including ethnic greens.
  • A T Williams Farms — Rowesville, SC — Peanuts, corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat.
  • Alagogo Organic Farms — Lexington, SC — Fruit, microgreens, Nigerian vegetable seeds, and sweet potato slips.
  • Ellerbe Vegetable Farm — Timmonsville, SC — Vegetables, fruit, and eggs.
  • Boykin Family Urban Farm — Beech Island, SC — Seasonal fruit and vegetables.
  • Harris Farm — Sumter, SC — Seasonal vegetables and fruit.
  • Hog Heaven Farms — Aiken, SC — Cantaloupes, collards, okra, potatoes, squash, sweet corn, tomatoes, and watermelon.
  • Johnson Produce — Conway, SC — Seasonal vegetables, fruit, and heritage crops.
  • Moore and Moore Fresh Vegetables — Blackstock, SC — Vegetables and fruit.
  • Rare Variety Farms — Columbia, SC — Small-batch vegetables and sweet potatoes.
  • Roberta Fields Farm — Johns Island, SC — Fresh fruit and vegetables for the Lowcountry for over 40 years.
  • Rogers Vegetables — Sumter, SC — Vegetables and fruit.
  • Washington Farms — Eastover, SC — Collards, potatoes, lettuce, and spinach.
  • Thigpen Farms — Loris, SC — Watermelon, via The Watermelon Truck.

Herbs, Flowers, Mushrooms & Botanicals

  • Earth People's Farmac — St. Helena Island, SC — Herbs, medicinal flowers, and plant-based tinctures.
  • Hoot and Holler Farms — Road Cross, SC — Fresh cut flowers, seasonal herbs, and eggs.
  • Joyful Soul Heirloom — South Carolina — Heirloom seeds, herbs, luffa, and seedlings.
  • Shirley Mae Farming & Estate — Charleston, SC — Cut flowers, gourds, luffa, and tea.
  • Tanny Farms — South Carolina — Herbs and seedlings, used in chef services.
  • The Purple Mushroom — Columbia, SC — Culinary mushrooms.
  • Prosper Farm — Lugoff, SC — Vegetables, mushrooms, and herbs using regenerative methods.

Livestock & Meat

Honey, Hemp, Aquaculture & Vineyards

Cooperatives & Community Farms

  • Gullah Farmers Cooperative — St. Helena Island, SC — A Lowcountry cooperative of Black farmers providing marketing, training, and processing support.
  • Marshview Community Organic Farm — St. Helena, SC — Trains and promotes sustainable agriculture rooted in Gullah farming traditions.
  • Freewoods Farm — Myrtle Beach, SC — Living-history farm and agritourism site.
  • Fresh Future Farm — North Charleston, SC — Nonprofit farm growing and selling natural produce and groceries.

Tennessee

West of North Carolina across the mountains — entries below highlight East and Middle Tennessee alongside notable enterprises statewide. This section will continue to grow.

Produce, Vegetables & Fruit

  • A Place of Hearth Farm — Pioneer, TN — Vegetables, with a specialty in greens and microgreens.
  • Lockard's Produce — Glimp, TN — Broccoli, cabbage, collards, cucumbers, herbs, kale, and more.
  • Plano Produce — Nashville, TN — Organic, pesticide- and herbicide-free vegetables.
  • Sassafras Farms — Toone, TN — Seasonal vegetables and orchard produce.
  • The Produce Tribe — Stanton, TN — Tomatoes, greens, cucumbers, okra, squash, and more.
  • Two Sprouts Farm — Chattanooga, TN — Organic veggie boxes with free delivery.
  • Trap Garden — Nashville, TN — Grows and distributes produce while training residents in urban agriculture.

Herbs, Mixed Produce & Mushrooms

  • Black Seeds Urban Farms — Memphis, TN — Fruit, vegetables, and herbs.
  • Out the Mud Farm — Murfreesboro, TN — Fruit, vegetables, oyster mushrooms, and sea moss.
  • Zao Farms — Nashville, TN — Mushrooms and vegetables.
  • Zysis Garden — La Vergne, TN — Cut flowers, fruit, vegetables, and potted plants.

Livestock & Meat

  • Brown Bass Farm — Clarksville, TN — Woodlot-raised pork, poultry, and eggs.
  • Butler Family Farms — Murfreesboro & Shelbyville, TN — Beef cattle.
  • Cambridge Creek Ranch — Saulsbury, TN — Beef, lamb, goat, pork, and rabbit.
  • Capernaum Creek Farms — Robbins, TN — Pastured poultry, forest-raised pork, and registered Nubian goats.
  • Good Drugs Farm — Nashville, TN — Kiko goats and Akbash livestock guardian dogs.
  • Heniscity Farm — Pegram, TN — Heritage, free-range poultry for eggs and meat.
  • Miller Farm — Burlison, TN — Certified Beefmaster cattle.
  • Okaeri Farms — Clarksville, TN — Chickens, turkeys, and pigs for meat.
  • Rhodes Farm — Saulsbury, TN — Chickens, eggs, honey, and specialty meats.
  • Smith Hatchery Farm — Ooltewah, TN — Hatchery selling baby chicks, chickens, turkeys, and ducks.

Hemp Farms

  • Lettuce N Leaf Farm — Morristown, TN — Hemp and CBD products.
  • Ruby's Happy Farm — Cross Plains, TN — Corn, soybeans, tobacco, and hemp grown without synthetic fertilizer.
  • Sneed Bros. Farms — Drummonds, TN — Cotton and other row crops.

Cooperatives & Community Farms

  • Craft Farms — Collierville, TN — Teaches farming and agriculture to eradicate hunger and build food education.
  • The Soulfood Exchange — Nashville, TN — Community food access and education.