Featured Projects

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"FAMILY TREE" Documentary- Directed by Jennifer MacArthur (2024) 

In Family Tree, Black land ownership and sustainable forestry are one and the same, and two North Carolina families take on the challenge of building intergenerational wealth while raising healthy forests. (World Premier-Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham NC) 

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NATURAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

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"The Accounting Assistance program through Natural Capital Investment Fund helped us in our efforts to develop sound financial practices, work with professionals in the financial arena along with our support partners and allow us to continue to work towards our goals of sustainability, succession and wealth building." 
                                     - Tyrone Williams, owner, Fourtee Acres

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(Participant on panel discussion at Black Communities Conference)

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Black Communities Conference

A Conference for collaboration

April 23-25, 2018 • The Carolina Theatre, Durham NC

 

BLACK LAND OWNERSHIP

“Standing on a LOT of Love— Addressing Legal Challenges of Landownership and Optimizing Economic Opportunities of Black Owned Land” will provide attendees with a fundamental understanding of the history and legal challenges of Black landownership.

Presenters: Mavis Gragg, Alton Perry, Julius George, Tyrone Williams

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HALIFAX COMMUNITY COLLEGE-Conduct the Sustainable Agricultural Practices Session 

 for the seven week  Agricultural Entrepreneurship Certificate Program. We serve as Instructors for one of the seven week sessions.

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LEADERSHIP NATURE PODCAST-"You Have to Establish Trust before You Try to Provide Service" 

Season 7 | Community of the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Program (SFLR) | Episode 2 #100. Our podcast interview with Tom Davidson focuses on our family history, our journey, ways to involve the next  generation and establishing trust.

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Article: Woodland Magazine (Spring 2019/Vol. 7 No.1  Pages 15-17)

Fourtee Acres"Connecting the Generations" 

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Various YouTube videos (search Fourtee Acres) 

Various publications/blogs (google Fourtee Acres) 

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The Carolinian Newspaper- October 11, 2021

"Fourtee Acres Farm Shows Power of Legacy"

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Article: Woodland Magazine (Winter 2021/Vol.9 No.4 Pages 25-29)

New Program Celebrates Accomplishments of Century Black Landowners

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"Creating and Sustaining a Thriving Life from the Land-Edna Williams (blog) 2022

Sustainable Forestry & African American Land Retention Network