Where Have All the Black Farmers Gone?
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Where Have All the Black Farmers Gone? Gail P. Myers / CCOF Magazine v.17, n.3, Winter00-01 Mr. William Chambers, 92 years old FOR THE AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL., the idea that chickens do not lay eggs all times of the year would be new information, perhaps even revelatory. However, some small-scale farmers live by the creed that the natural rhythm of their farm animals and plants is the most sensible and practical one. Their approach to farming addresses long-term strategies and long life. In a recent interview with Mr. William Chambers, a 92 year-old African-American farmer in southern Ohio, I learned that "With fowl there are months when chickens don't lay eggs, also months you can raise crops and months you can't. You can give them something to lay eggs all times of year, but if you do that chickens won't last that long... If you let a chicken do it natural, its body can...


