Ultimate list of Black farmers offering locally-raised beef, poultry, pork, goat, and lamb for your barbecues and holiday jaunts

Residuals from the meat industry’s work stoppage during COVID-19 sharpened consumers who looked to farmers to purchase their meat. Here’s a list of Black farmers who offer a range of meat and poultry.

Grilling season is upon us. Here’s 96 reasons to break out your barbecue pits. With the summer holidays at our heels, people have been looking for better ways to purchase top quality meat. At the height of the shutdown, Costco limited purchases of meat to three items per shopper, while Wegman’s enforces a two-meat limit. At the same time, marketers are reporting huge increases in the prices of meat. With groceries increasing by 2.6 percent, the highest since 1974, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Added to higher costs, the US Department of Agriculture reported a 25 percent drop in meat production and a 15 percent decrease in pork production.

The visible disruption of meat and the stockpiling of items has caused carnivores to look for meat in other places. Fortunately, for small farmers such as a coterie of Black farmers, the fall of commercial meat packers and chicken farms means the increase in demand. As farmer’s prep for the increase of orders, customers are creating savvy ways to buy.

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Cetta Bernhardt, who owns Harvest Farms, a small farm in Monticello, Florida, selling produce, put out a call for others to join her in purchasing a cow to be butchered with the pieces divvied up. “We’re doing everything we can to make sure that there’s a food supply for you.”

Consumers have started efforts such as buying collectives and learning how to store meat more effectively. “As long as you have good storage, you can store meat for a long time,” said Corey Lea who started an online meat company called SFE Cattle.

Below are 91 farms from are Black Farmer’s Index that sell locally, raised beef, poultry, chicken, lamb and quail. Located in several states across the US and one in US Virgin Islands, they offer a variety of free range to halal and forest-raised methods.

Arkansas

Alabama

Fountain’s Family Farm | Hazel Green, AL | Produces and sells various crops; breeds and raises commercial and registered dorper sheep, brush and fainting goats, chickens, and more | Website + Facebook + Instagram + Twitter | Email: fountainsfamilyfarm@gmail.com | Tel. 256-309-7876 or 256-479-7806

Mack Haymaker Cattle Co. | Auburn, AL | Raises and sells beef cattle | Facebook | Tel. 706-461-8688

S&B Farm | Eufaula, AL | Raises and sells livestock production such as chickens, goats, turkeys, hogs, ducks, rabbits, and beef cattle | Website + Facebook + Instagram + Twitter + Youtube | Email: jewellstanfordbean@gmail.com | Tel. 706-473-2865

YF Urban Organics | Birmingham, AL | Raises and sells chicken, quail, turkey, fish and fresh eggs | Facebook

California

Nanna’s Homestead | Hemet, CA | Raises and sells chickens and pigs |Facebook| Email: nannashomestead@gmail.com

Colorado

Florida

DorRay Ranch | Webster, FL | Offers cattle grazing, hay and raises Angus cattle for beef sales | Facebook

Griffin Organic Poultry | Hawthorne, FL | Sells pasture-raised chickens, turkeys and organic eggs from pastured hens | Website + Facebook + Instagram | Tel. 352-208-6095

Nix Sustainable Natural Beef Farm | Gainesville, FL | Raises beef cattle using natural, environmental friendly methods | Tel. 305-205-3036

Georgia

Bread and Butter Farm to Table | Monroe, GA | Raises and sells chickens and fresh eggs; Grows and sells vegetables, herbs and fruit on their farm share for pick up at the following locations: 1. The farm in Monroe; 2. Georgia State University in Atlanta; or 3. Lilburn – 1400 Killian Hill Road, SW | Website + Instagram

Caribe United Farm | Crawford, GA | Produces farm fresh eggs, Caribbean pork and meat products from a partner farm, and pasture-raised, organic poultry and eggs | Website + Facebook + Instagram | Email: jimenezbrown@caribeunitedfarm.com | Phone: 608-334-6336

Dollison Farm | Poulan, GA (South Georgia) | Provides fresh produce and swine; Partners to produce Warrior Creek Premium Meats | Website + Facebook + Instagram

High Hog Farm | Grayson, GA | Sells herbs, fruits, vegetables, poultry and pork | Facebook + Instagram

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Local Lands | Dublin, GA | Uses only organic materials, seeds, fertilizer to provide all natural and conscious sources of meat and produce | Website + Facebook | Email: local_lands@yahoo.com

Mosley Farms Pastured Pork | Savannah, GA | Raises all natural pasture pork, and no antibiotics | Facebook + Instagram | Tel. 912-425-5893

Phoenix Gardens | Lawrenceville, GA | Grows and sells a wide range of vegetables, herbs and fruits; Raises hens for fresh eggs; Sells chickens | Website + Facebook | Tel. 70-513-1563

Strickland Heritage Farms | Athens, GA | Grows and sells Beef cattle, muscadines and vegetables | Instagram

Swanson Family Farm | Woodbury, NJ | Cattle farming; sells high quality beef, lamb, goat and pork | Website + Facebook + Instagram | Tel. 404-358-8132

T & K Farm | Ashland, VA | Raises and sells pigs for pork | 804-912-0049

Urban Grange Farm | Hephzibah, GA | Provides quality pork, chicken, eggs and produce grown using organic methods | Website + Facebook | Tel. 706-223-0494

Young Female Farmers | Oconee County, GA | Pick up and CSA program of vegetables, seasonal fruits, and chicken and duck eggs | Website + Instagram | Email: youngfemalefarmers@gmail.com

Grass-fed cows grazing on Moody Farms in Soso, Mississippi.

Illinois

Indiana

3 Flock Farm | Elletsville, IN | Raises lamb and cattle for meat | Facebook | Email: threeflockfarm@gmail.com

I-tal Farms | Guilford, IN | Raises and sells chickens and goat meat | Facebook

Kentucky

Slak Market Farm | Lexington, KY | Ethically raises cattle, sheep, chickens and goats in a grass pasture for halal organic meat, raw milk, fresh eggs and other dairy products; provides a youth summer camp farm | Website + Dairy Website + Facebook + Instagram

Cleav’s Family Market Farm | Bonnieville, KY | Raises hogs, cattle and chickens using natural and humane methods to sell at beef, pork and poultry products in meat bundles | Website + Facebook | Email: cleavsfamilymarket@gmail.com | Tel. 270-763-7071 or 270-307-0240

Louisiana

James Farm | Folsom, LA | Raises beef cattle | Email: dymepiece89@aol.com | Tel. (225) 356-4760 or (985) 796-8540

Sweet Jones Farms | Baton Rouge, LA | Raises chickens and cows for fresh eggs and beef; Catches and sells wild-caught seafood | Website + Facebook + Instagram | Email: support@sweetjonesfarms.com

Maine

Maryland

PhilMore Farms | Upper Marlboro, MD | Raises and sells chickens for meat and eggs | Owner’s Facebook

Victory Chapel Family Farms | Charles County, Maryland | Raises and sells bees, honey, and lamb for it’s meat | Facebook | Email: lorne8303@yahoo.com

Michigan

Mississippi

AM-PM Vegetable and Beef Farm | Winston County, MS | Raises and grows squash, cucumbers, purple hulled peas, butterbeans, watermelons, cabbage, tomatoes, string beans, okra and corn; and beef cattle | Tel. 662-705-1257

Hackberry Farm | Canton, MS | Raises and sells Berkshire hogs | Email: detrater@bellsouth.net

John H. Moody Farm | Soso, MS | Raises cattle as a meat wholesaler and online seller | Website + Facebook | Tel. 1 800-578-1341

Jubilee Ranch | Jackson, MS | Raises and sells cattle, hogs, goats and several crops: cotton, soybeans, corn | 601-982-8467 ext. 138

Lovett Family Farm | Heidelberg, MS | Operates a poultry, forestry and beef cattle farm | Tel. 601-787-3747

Shintri Hathorn Farm | Winston County, MS | Cattle farmer | Raises and sells beef cattle and milk | 601-810-0824 or 662-834-4686

Missouri

Diamond G Polled Herefords | Salem, MO | Raises and sells cattle | Facebook

Shire’s Gate | Owensville, MO | Raises cattle and hens for beef and eggs | Website

New Jersey

Smith Poultry | Williamstown, NJ | Produces and sells pasture-raised beef, pork, turkey, chicken, and meat products such as sausages and chops | Website + Instagram + Facebook | Tel. 609-513-5186

New York

Rocky Acres Community Farm | Tompkins County, NY | Focuses on education and the sustainable production of local meat, eggs and vegetables | Website

Meat storage tip: Meat can last between four to eight months in a deep freezer.

North Carolina

Amman Community Farm | Charlotte, NC | Grows moringa, herbs, 17 varieties of heirloom tomato and 22 varieties of heirloom peppers, and a variety of other crops; taps private springs for alkaline water; raises and sells halal lamb and chickens for fresh eggs; curates agri-share boxes | Website | Tel. 704-740-0432 or 855-255-4362

Blackwell’s Farm | Reidsville, NC | Raises and sells cattle, hogs, chickens with a focus on pasture-raised Angus cattle with an abundance of seasonal grasses and clean water consumed from freshwater wells. | Facebook | Email: beverlybowen2013@gmail.com or Email: david.bowen261@gmail.com | Phone: 336-708-6172

Briarwood Cattle Farm | Red Springs, NC | Raises cattle and sells beef; raises grass fed beef the traditional way; pasteurized chickens; fresh eggs. Our beef/chicken/pork is all vacuumed packed for longer freezer life; and delivers to your front door in North Carolina | Youtube + Facebook + Twitter | Email: briarwoodcattlefarm@gmail.com | Tel. 910-359-1980

Golden Organic Farms | Pinetop, NC | Offers a more sustainable and healthier choice of meat products that are locally grown | Instagram + Facebook| Tel. 252-373-3694

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Jireh Family Farm | Durham, NC | Raises free range chickens, pigs and cattle for natural, free range chickens, eggs, permaculture pork, and pastured Angus beef

Master Blend Family Farms | Raises and sells show pig breeding stock and all natural bbq pigs and market pigs | Kenansville, NC | Facebook + Instagram | Tel. 910-372-3372

Ward’s Hen Haven | Nashville, NC | Raises and sells chickens, duck and fresh eggs; specializes in rare, high quality birds such as Buff Brahma Batams and Khaki Campbell | Website + Facebook + Instagram | Email: wardfhomestead@gmail.com | Tel. 252-343-7827

Pat Crenshaw at her cattle farm in Slick, Oklahoma. Photo credit USDA by Preston Keres.

Oklahoma

Clash Farms | Hugo, OK | Raises and sells grass fed Angus beef for consumer purchase | Email: clarice4392@msn.com

Ohio

Davies Family Farm | Georgetown, OH | Raises grassfed cattle and free range chickens to sell beef and eggs; grows and sells vegetables | Website + Facebook + Instagram | Email: contact@daviesfamilyfarm.com

+Tarheelbilly Farm | Willow Wood, OH | Raises and sells grass-fed lamb and heritage beef breed cattle | Website + Facebook + Instagram + Etsy Shop

Ironhouse Homestead | Blanchester, OH | Raises chickens, guineas and ducks and sells the meat | Website + Facebook + Instagram | Email: alaura@ironhorsehomestead.com

Two Acre Farm | Bloomingburg, OH | Raises and sells chickens and fresh eggs | Facebook

Oregon

Cross Eyed Cricket Farms | Blodgett, OR | Raises and sells meat “fryers” chicken, eggs and lamb yearound | Facebook + Instagram |

Pennsylvania

Homestead Ransom | Philadelphia, PA | Raises goats and chickens, and sells organic pasture-raised chicken; sells goat milk soap; Grows herbs to sell homemade, organic teas and tinctures | Website + Instagram

South Carolina

A & A Farms and Hauling | Chester, SC | Raises and sells, free-ranging, grass-fed and grass finished Angus beef calves | Website | Tel. 202-486-3825

Peculiar Pig Farm | Summerville, SC | Raises and sells pigs and pork products such as sausage | Facebook | Tel. +1 843-513-0351

Tennessee

Okaeri Farms | Clarksville, TN | Facebook + Website + Instagram | Raises and sells chickens, turkeys and pigs for meat | Email: farmquestions@okaerifarms.com

Texas

Akachi Ranch | Merlens, TX | Specializes in coastal hay, fish, produce, poultry, eggs and raw honey | Facebook | Email: akachiranch@gmail.com

Caney Creek Ranch | Oakwood, TX | Raises and curates cattle for high-quality meats for delivery through their company, farm-to-freezer Meat | Website + Facebook + Instagram | Email: kratcliff@farmtofreezermeat.com

Crimson Farm | Kaufman, TX | Specializes in raising grass fed goats, cows,pigs and sheep. Free range chickens, guineas, quail , geese and ducks. We sell organic chicken, quail and duck fresh eggs. | Facebook + Instagram | Email: crimson.farm07@gmail.com

GriffinGalsGoods & Farm | Giddings, TX | raises and sells cattle; grows and sells organic produce crops to the public and schools | Email: jgwb5.brown@yahoo.com | Tel. 512-578-6110

My Mark61 Cattle Co. | Leona,TX | Raises and sells cattle for grass fed beef | Website + Instagram | Email: 61mymark@gmail.com

PP Farming | Rosharon, TX | Grows and sells produce; raises livestock to sell eggs, lamb meat and goat meat | Instagram | Phone: 346-779-7130

Urban Dallas Farm And Rabbitry | Dallas, TX | Grows fruits and vegetables in community garden; raises chickens, ducks, rabbits and quails to sell for meat and eggs | Instagram

Virginia

Acres of Destiny | Dinwiddie, VA | Specializes in seasonal produce, poultry, pig, mini donkey, emu, alpaca, livestock, guardian dogs, eggs, herbs. | Website | Tel. 443-866-1345

Fitrah Farms | Central VA | Raises and sells organic, pasture raised chickens that are hand-slaughtered halal | Website + Facebook + Instagram + Twitter | Tel. 540-360-0789

Sylvanaqua Farms | Earlysville, VA | Raises and sells forest-raised pork and grass-fed Beef; raises and sells pasture-raised chickens; offers eggs from heritage breed and golden comet hens; deliver door-to-door 3 times a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday for now. We’ll alternate delivery locations on each run and practice Indigenous Democracy in Food & Agriculture | Website + Instagram | Tel. 434-973-6673

Thaxton Farm | South Boston, VA | Grows and sells vegetables: raises chickens and swine for fresh eggs and natural pork; offers seasoned firewood bundles | Facebook | Tel. 434-579-1748

USVI

Wendell Cox | Frederiksted St. Croix, USVI | Raises fresh, local, hormone-free chickens and turkeys for poultry and eggs in his operation at the Community Gardens at Estate Lower Love | Collective Farmer Info

Wisconsin

Loveland Acres | Wisconsin | Raises beef cattle, chicken and goats for milk, meats and eggs, and is expanding operation | Website + Instagram

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