Kelton Moore, owner and operator of The Moore's Family Farm in Blounts Creek North Carolina, and founding member of Down East Fresh Cooperative.

Meet Kelton Moore, owner and operator of The Moore's Family Farm in Blounts Creek North Carolina, and founding member of Down East Fresh Cooperative. BCFSN's Black Church Supported Agriculture program is a proud partner of Moore's Family Farm.

Kelton is a third generation farmer, and his farm has been in service since the early 1900s. His family -- his wife Vera and his three sons -- have been selling vegetables since 1989.

In 2014, Kelton founded Down East Fresh Cooperative, a collective of 12 Black farmers that span three different counties to share equipment, ideas, and be in community with one another.

The cooperative privileges the transfer of generational knowledge from older farmers to young, new farmers.
On the #JusticeforBlackFarmers Act, Kelton recognizes that this piece of legislation is a step in the right direction for getting farmers of color and historically marginalized groups access to equitable funding.

Shared From Source: The Black Church Food Security Network