Farming and Diversity
Written by Florence Freeman. Photo by The Black Farmer.
"Most farmers have had their land handed down through generations so unless you are very rich, the chances of you getting land is virtually impossible," says Wilfred Emmanual Jones MBE, best known as The Black British Farmer.
His story is like no other - from an impoverished immigrant to now a multimillionaire farming legend - he has exceeded all expectations.
Born in Jamaica, he was raised in inner-city Birmingham with eight brothers and sisters in a two-up-two-down leaving school with no qualifications.
Years later, Mr Jones would purchase a small farm in Devon where he would launch his own food business, fulfilling a lifelong dream…