Melanated Farmers is where people look up Black-owned farms, then reach the grower themselves.
What it is
A public directory of Black-owned farms and food producers. Search by place and by what they grow, then read a profile before you reach out.
What it is not
A checkout. Melanated Farmers does not sell food, hold inventory, process payment, or sit in the middle of a message between you and a farm.
Who it is for
Growers who want a public page, and anyone looking for eggs, produce, meat, honey, or plants from a specific farm rather than a supermarket aisle.
Our story
The farms were there. Finding them meant word of mouth, a market flyer, or a search that led to a page last updated three seasons ago.
So we built one place to look them up, with each profile written by the grower and checked before it goes public.
If you are looking for food
Filter by category or place. A profile shows what the farm offers and how they get food to people.
Growing methods, fulfillment, and contact details are on the page the farmer published. Favorites keep a short list on your account.
Phone, email, website, or social links: whichever the farm chose to share. The arrangement is between you and them.
If you grow food
Name, place, how you grow, how customers get food, and the catalog products you offer. Only the farm name is required to start.
A new farm stays pending. It does not appear in Explore until someone on the Melanated Farmers team approves it.
From the farm dashboard you can edit the public page, photos, and contact details so people are not chasing last season’s number.
How we hold it
We introduce. We do not take the order, the payment, or the conversation. The harvest goes straight from the farm to you.
A profile is not public the moment it is submitted. Approval is how the directory stays a list of real farms rather than an open board.
Phone, email, website, Instagram, and Facebook are optional. Blank fields stay off the page. What you type is what a visitor can use.
A standard listing and a featured placement are not the same thing. Advertising and farm promotions are reviewed on their own, not applied when you create a profile.
The work
The photographs on the site are stand-ins for the kind of work a listing describes. A farm's own pictures, once uploaded, replace them on that farm's page.
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A buyer account is enough to start.
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This adds the farmer role. You do not pick roles yourself.
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Six short steps. Pending as soon as it is sent.
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An admin approves, asks for a change, or holds it.
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Visitors can find the farm and use the contact you published.
Browsing is open to everyone. Listing takes an account and a short review.
