‘We’ve Got to Get Back to Where We Start Producing’: Black Farmer Gives Away Crops, Aims to Inspire More Black People to Grow Food

Farming has been a part of Calvin Bryant’s life for more than 70 years now. The 81-year-old, who now lives in Lake Placid, Florida — a small town located about 130 miles from both Tampa and Orlando — was born on a small farm just west of Valdosta, Georgia.