No Culture if it Wasn't for Agriculture
Clip: Season 9 Episode 906 | 2m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
For the Whites, supporting Black farmers is a family tradition.
For the Whites, supporting Black farmers isn’t just a scientific effort– it’s a family tradition.
Support for Reel South is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Center for Asian American Media and by SouthArts.
No Culture if it Wasn't for Agriculture
Clip: Season 9 Episode 906 | 2m 7sVideo has Closed Captions
For the Whites, supporting Black farmers isn’t just a scientific effort– it’s a family tradition.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[gentle music] - As she began to see me and her dad working the field, how we helping the farmers, she went to a day of service that we sponsored at the university.
I'm taking pictures like, this girl is really in the soil.
She in the dirt, you know?
And so she end up saying, "Well, mom, I wanna change my major."
Change it to what?
"I think I'm gonna go in ag."
I think, they almost called 911, 'cause I... - This summer, I had my first internship with the Soil Health Institution.
So while I was there, I was basically learning about the chemical, the physical, and the biology aspects of soil, but also on the research side, we wanted to figure out like, how are minority farmers missing out on so much information?
So we studied, well, like, what type of information is already out there?
Are they able to understand the information that is out there that is being given?
So going back into my major, which is Regulatory Science, like, it is my job to be that voice, so I wanted to be able to change policies and regulations to be able to make sure that it's fair to all minority farmers.
So now, you know, with me being in the new generation, it's my job to be that voice for them and to be able to speak on the behalf of them to make a change within the United States of America.
- [Morgan's Mother] You know, you may think your children are not listening or learning, but it made us proud as parents that she was listening.
- If you want to reach your agriculture goals of the future, you're gonna have to invest into the youth of today.
There would be no culture if it wasn't for.
- Agriculture.
- Agriculture.
[Dameion laughs] - I've always said that I didn't wanna go into ag and I was gonna stay away from ag, but I married ag.
- I always looked at farmers as people that can do it all.
They were, of course, agronomists, they was veterinarians, they were mechanics, 'cause they fixed tractors themself.
They can do a little bit of everything, - You know, now that I see through his eyes, I didn't see that at first.
I saw farming as work, mm-mm.
[ambient music]
Video has Closed Captions
A Black scientist in Arkansas guides farmers through agricultural challenges. (17s)
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