S04 Episode 189 | GREEN HEFFA FARMS, HEMP + REPRESENTATION IN FARMING

<p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/99761/ConsciousChatter-FarmerCee-Libsyn.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p> <p class="">In episode 189, Kestrel welcomes Clarenda "Farmer Cee" Stanley, a fifth generation farmer, to the show. In addition to being the CEO of <a href="https://www.greenheffafarms.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Green Heffa Farms</a>, a medicinal plant and hemp farm in Liberty, North Carolina, Cee is also a senior principal gifts officer at The Nature Conservancy's World Office.</p> <h2>”We hustle, and the reason for that is being a black-owned farm, a black woman-owned farm — I mean, you gotta look at the numbers: 96% of all private farm land is white-owned — that leaves 4% for everybody else.”<br /> -Farmer Cee, CEO of Green Heffa Farms</h2> <p class="">On this week’s show, Cee shares more on what led her eventually back to farming, after having grown up on a farm as a child. She also highlights more on the extreme discrepancy that still exists within agriculture today, and how 96% of all private farm land is white-owned. For Cee, beyond farming, it’s also important for her to provide education to black women and women of color who are interested in learning more about growing.</p> <p class="">Kestrel asks Cee to outline more on what regenerative agriculture means to Green Heffa Farms. For Cee, she’s currently exploring using <em>ecological consciousness</em> instead as she believes regenerative agriculture can be another “club for exclusivity”.</p> <p class="">The below thoughts, ideas + organizations were brought up in this chat:</p> <ul> <li> <p class="">Green Heffa Farms 4 Es: economic empowerment, equity, education and the environment</p> </li> <li> <p class=""><a href= "https://www.eater.com/2019/1/25/18197352/american-farming-racism-us-agriculture-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“How Racism Has Shaped The American Farming Landscape”</a> in the <em>Eater</em>, article Kestrel mentioned</p> </li> <li> <p class="">Regenerative agriculture: implementing pr