BOOKER
T.
WHATLEY
Dr. BOOKER T. WHATLEY
THE WHATLEY PLAN
Dr. WHATLEY 10 COMMANDMENTS
Dr. BOOKER T. WHATLEY LINKS
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BOOKER
T
WHATLEY
Booker T. Whatley (November 5, 1915 in Calhoun County, Alabama
September 3, 2005 in Montgomery, Alabama) was an agricultural
professor at Tuskegee University, Alabama, United States and
one of the pioneers of sustainable agriculture in the
post-World War II era. He also aimed to "generate an agrarian
black middle class".
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THE
WHATLEY
PLAN
The Whatley Diversified Plan for Small Farms, which he adopted
as regenerative agriculture (a method of sustainable agriculture)
from his association with Robert Rodale, the Rodale Institute and
New Farm, involves four core components:
1. Creating a biodiversified PYO (pick-your-own or U-Pick) farm
between 10 and 200 acres (0.81 km2);
2. Producing at least 10 different products (agricultural and/or
artisanal) on a year-round basis that are supported through a
Clientele Membership Club (CMC), and operating in a county-wide
area with a population of at least 50,000 residents;
3. Marketing to CMC members for 40% of supermarket pricing;
4. Yield a profit.
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SECTION 3
WHATLEY
10
COMMANDMENTS
Whatley's broader philosophy is summarized in "The Guru's"
(Dr. Whatley) 10 Commandments.
Thy small farm shalt:
I. Provide year-round, daily cash flow.
II. Be a pick-your-own operation.
III. Have a guaranteed market with a Clientele Membership Club.
IV. Provide year-round, full-time employment.
V. Be located on a hard-surfaced road within a radius of 40 miles
of a population center of at least 50,000, with well-drained soil
and an excellent source of water.
VI. Produce only what they clients demand—and nothing else!
VII. Shun middlemen and middlewomen like the plague, for they are
a curse upon thee.
VIII. Consist of compatible, complementary crop components that earn
a minimum of $3,000 per acre annually.
IX. Be 'weatherproof', at least as far as possible with both drip and
sprinkler irrigation.
X. Be covered by a minimum of $250,000 worth ($1 million is better)
of liability insurance.
Booker T. Whatley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker_T._Whatley
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Regenerative
farming
system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_agriculture
The Small
Farm Plan
https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/small-farm-plan-zmaz82mjzkin
Domino's Farms and Whatley Farms
Join to Save Small Farms
https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/small-farms-zmaz88jazgoe
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7 Contributions of
Black Farmers
to Agriculture
https://www.farmproject.org/blog/2017/2/4/hikqys8igvv0bo368aco3mrb1rv7d1
Black to the land:
Project explores connections
between race and place
https://grist.org/food/black-to-the-land-project-explores-connections-between-race-and-place/
Permaculture
and
Homesteading goofballs
https://permies.com/
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The Center for
Regenerative Agriculture
CRA
https://www.ojaicra.org/
Regeneration
International
https://regenerationinternational.org/
Regenerative Agriculture:
Principles, Pioneers
Does It Really Work?
https://draxe.com/health/gardening-and-farming/regenerative-agriculture/
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BOOKER
T
WHATLEY
LINKS
AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENT
https://www.propagate.org/ag-environment/tag/regenerative+agriculture
How to Make $100,000 From a 25-Acre Farm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1983/04/24/how-to-make-100000-from-a-25-acre-farm/1ee29840-b122-4d2d-adf1-ea113c74345c/
PICK-YOUR-OWN FARMS SEEN AS THE FUTURE
BOOK DETAILS $100,000 YIELD FROM 25 ACRES
http://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1987-10-12-2608096-story.html
Regeneration Academy
https://www.regeneration-academy.org/
Regeneration Farms
http://www.regenerationfarms.com/
Regenerative Agriculture
https://www.regenwa.com/
Regenerative Agriculture
https://www.danone.com/impact/planet/regenerative-agriculture.html
Regenerative Agriculture
https://thechalkboardmag.com/what-is-regenerative-agriculture
Regenerative Agriculture
https://joyce-farms.com/pages/regenerative-agriculture
Regenerative Agriculture
https://www.generalmills.com/en/Responsibility/Sustainability/Regenerative-agriculture
Regenerative Agriculture
http://www.regenerativeagriculturedefinition.com/
Regenerative Agriculture
https://whatsyour2040.com/regenerative-agriculture/
Regenerative Agriculture
https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/food/regenerative-agriculture
Regenerative Farming
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/06/01/farmers-footprint-regenerative-farming.aspx
Regenerative Organic Agriculture
https://regenorganic.org/
Small Farms
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1981/12/21/small-farms
Soil Capital
https://www.soilcapital.com/
Soil Regeneration and Health
https://alcaldesc.nmsu.edu/soil-regeneration-and-he.html
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Racial Equity
Resource Guide
http://www.racialequityresourceguide.org/organizations/organizations/sectionFilter/Racial%20Healing
Understanding
Prejudice
https://secure.understandingprejudice.org/
Equal Justice
Initiative
https://eji.org/
The Collective
Black People Movement
(CBPM)
http://cbpm.org/index.html
TRIP DOWN
MEMORY LANE
https://kwekudee-tripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/
A Gathering
of Readers
https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~gathread/index.html
Malawi
Project
http://www.malawiproject.org/
Afro Kids
http://www.afrokids.com/
THE FREEMAN
INSTITUTE
http://www.freemaninstitute.com/
Africa
Resource
http://www.africaresource.com/
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Real History
World Wide
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Quatr.us
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African-American
Resources
http://www.ushistory.org/more/african-american.htm
African American
Studies Library
Research Guide
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/aframer.htm
African Music
Encyclopedia
http://africanmusic.org/
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AFROPEDEA
http://www.afropedia.org
World Afropedia
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African
Indigenous Science
and Knowledge Systems
http://www.africahistory.net/
Natives Wiki
http://tribalspedia.wikia.com/wiki/Natives_Wiki
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Islamic Wiki
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List of African
mythological figures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_mythological_figures
Minority
Treaties
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Sexism
http://www.understandingprejudice.org/
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