WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – In her yard, Samantha Winship has a lot going on.

 

What You Need To Know

  • Samantha Winship started Mother's Finest Urban Farms three years ago

  • Since then, she's added chickens, honey, and various produce to her yard

  • She hope to encourage others to farm, and think about farming in a different way

 

Three years ago she started Mother's Finest Family Urban Farms with a few plants on her porch and now has bees, chickens, and different plots around her yard.

“Don’t think that you cannot grow just because you don’t have acres of land. Just learn to work with what you have,” Winship says.

She's hoping to inspire a new generation of farmers, mainly women, to think differently about the occupation, and believe that they belong in the industry.

She also wants to represent all the past generations of farmers who did the work growing the produce but were never given credit or considered farmers.

In just a few years, she's grown the business. She sells at farmer's markets, online, and is involved in around 50 CSA boxes.

“It’s the most rewarding part of the job. I guess that’s what the harvest is about. It’s about celebrating the hard work and all these beautiful foods, and it is the best,” Winship says.

She says she's received a lot of encouragement from women, and is proud to to represent Black women in the field.

More information about the farm can be found here.