Acres Cohort One Alumni - 2023

Members from the first cohort of Acres completed an eight-week learning curriculum focused on growing their capacity to take on major national contracts with NMSDC’s corporate members. The 11 members of the first cohort are:

James E. Davis, Jr.

Bales and Bushels
The main commodity of this farm is main commodity is cotton and it is located on 2200 acres of land in Louisiana.

Dr. Michael Lloyd

Num Num Sauce Farms
This farm’s main commodity is omatoes, and it is located on two acres of land in Georgia.

Immanuel Jarvis

Jireh Family Farm
This farm’s main commodities are permaculture pigs, rabbits, goats, and meat chickens and it is located on four acres of land in North Carolina.

Harold Singletary

BrightMa Farms
This farm’s main commodity is hemp, and it is located on 96 acres of land in South Carolina.

Cherie Jzar

Deep Roots
Main commodities are vegetables, flowers, fruits, berries, herbs, apiaries, and animals and it is located on seven acres of land in North Carolina.

Kimberly Ratcliff

Caney Creek Ranch and Farm to Freezer Meat Company
Main commodities are Charbray cattle and feed resources, and it is located on 2500 acres of land in Texas.

Michael Rollen

Ophelia’s Blue Vine Farm
Main commodities are herbs and spices and is located on one acre of land in Missouri.

D. Spencer Riley

Orgaceutical
Main commodities are leafy vegetables and microgreens, and it is located on five acres of land in Pennsylvania.

Sidney and Shane Lovelace

Lovelace Farms
Main commodities are cows and hay, and it is located on 150 acres of land in Kentucky.

Antron Williams

Mahogany Farms LLC
Main commodities are corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat and it is located on 550 acres of land in South Carolina.

Richard Francis

Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm
Main commodities are pepper and herbs, and it is located on five acres of land in Maryland.