Meet the Black Woman Who Started a Farm in Washington With the Help of Crowdfunding
(Image: Instagram- @bunkhouseacres)
The pandemic has inspired many ventures out of the need to stay afloat financially or simply because people want to pursue their happiness during an upsetting time.
Meet Shellie-Ann Kerns, a Jamaican immigrant who decided to return to her farming roots. Her photo-rich Instagram account chronicles her daring crowfunding journey to build a Black-led farm and bread school in Washington’s Middle Satsop Valley. In one post, Kerns is seated on a tractor. In another, she holds something leafy and green which was grown at her 20-acre homestead.
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