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Speaker 1 (00:08):
No idea, I said, man, like she says, got a
hundred thousand dollars from USDA and you got a product?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Where ain't got a product? Hm? I said, you need?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Yeah, yeah, you know what I'm saying, like you you need.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
But that's that's where I come in at is cause
I'm I get straight to the point. Where's the money?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Where is the money? I need you on my team?
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Yeah, where's the money? Yeah, cause I know y'all got it,
you know, so where is it?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
And what? Yeah? So couple y no two point two exactly,
teach me the game.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
So this what they did before they made that announcement
about a year and a half ago. They had people
to go to like the black farmers and say, hey,
was you ever discriminated against? But it had to be
before for twenty nineteen, absolutely, you know, so before Twitter nights.
(01:07):
So can we just get the referrations? But if you
had a farm or you was trying to have a
farm before twenty nineteen and you filled out the paperwork,
but this thing paperwork was a hundred paper loan, So
you know us for what we ain't trying to read
for two, that's.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
A lot of.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
A lot of people feeled it out. So what they
ended up having to do was hire people to go
sit with these old farmers, old black foremost, it's like,
I don't want to go minto my business anyway, to
go lie by.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
What's your name? Sir?
Speaker 4 (01:48):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
What's your day to birth?
Speaker 4 (01:50):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
What's your story?
Speaker 2 (01:52):
But when when was you discriminated against? Who did it?
Somebody made a bunch of money? Feel that? Listen? Yeah,
that was a whole list. You all ready were all right,
Well let's get started, man.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
Now we have a lot of guests here on the
Black Market, but we got some very special guests with
us today. Now correct me if I'm wrong. This is
one of the youngest farmers in America, Georgia.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Both Georgia and the nation.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
One of the youngest formers in the whole nation.
Speaker 4 (02:32):
Now I'm sitting here reading all the credits. This is amazing.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
We got a whole child prategy in here with us today. Ms.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
Kendall Ray Johnson Market and you got your mom with
you today. It starts little Johnson.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Then we got Pops behind the scenes. We got the
Johnson family here today. Man on the market.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
We're good, good man, were good. We we we try
to get you know, ms Kindle to get her products
together and actually start teaching other kids how to become
young farmers. Are in the Young Agricultural List and getting
their agriculture you know.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Gang, Cause how did how did all this start?
Speaker 3 (03:23):
So this started when I was three years old? My
great grandmother.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Three years old.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Yeah, so all start went out three it just it evolves.
Start went out three mm. Right, So my great grandma
ky taught me the congreing story, which is take the
top of you eat. You normally eat the top of
the cor green and and for the bond way. But
what she did she took the coll green base and
(03:55):
put back in the ground and and it started regrowing.
And I five, I thought that was really magical. That
was just growing like that.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
It might be magical. Yeah, then you just took it
to a whole another level.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Yeah, I took it to a whole another level. So
I thought, I took all the seeds that I could
find in the house and put and plant it on
our pile of porch. And we had believe it or not.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Oh gosh, that's an.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
Yeah, I want I want to talk too many puns.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
But where all did you grow?
Speaker 3 (04:41):
So I I grew tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, you name it,
I grow it.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
See that's and that's not easy. Like a lot of
people don't have a green thumb. I have to green
exactly exactly. I'm sitting here looking at all the TV
shows you've been on. You've been on the news, seeing
Then and Fox and everywhere.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Everybody wanted to talk to you. Michelle Obama mentioning your name.
What does this feel like?
Speaker 3 (05:17):
It feels amazing, Yeah, it feels amazing. I'm just my
mis blown.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
Now, ma'am.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
What is it like having a child prodigy that's taking
over the agricultural world?
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Ooh, that's so, you know, we j we jumped in
head first right again. This was something that her great
grandmother was teaching all of us. She kind of ran
with it. We were just like, mm, I don't know
about that.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
They did believe me.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Now, we didn't believe that it would grow. Like if
you put a collar green stem basically the base of
it in a pot.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
It a regross.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Some CALLI greens. I was like, nah, I think you
got to have some sees grandma, you know, but it
did happen. And how I feel about her just being
in this space. I think it's wonderful because here you
have a young black girl, you know, regardless of her
being black, she's the youngest period. She's in a lane
(06:24):
where she can teach other kids. She's in a lane
where she's teaching other adults, and it's it's mind blowing
for her because it's going over her head. But for
mom and dad, you know, we're just like dang, you know,
like she really been doing. Her resume is off the chain,
(06:46):
like befault before ten years old.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Right you you.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Met VP Kamala Harris like hand and Shae have conversation.
You know, you've been mentioning, you know with form first
lady in the sell Obama like that right there is
just like I'm gonna tell you what really got me
Carlos Sesame Street.
Speaker 3 (07:11):
All my life.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Man, I wanted to be on Street.
Speaker 1 (07:15):
I thought I was right. So I'm just like, dang, baby,
you doing it, you know and.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
Everything. Now.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
I wanted to get some gardening tips from me because
a lot of people go and washing it.
Speaker 2 (07:30):
What tips can you give.
Speaker 4 (07:32):
People on their gardening and how they can get some
some good tomatoes and good fruit going.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
Oh, so I would say, get some soil a pot
and a plant, oh and lots of suns like and water.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
What is the easiest plant? Could you tell, mister Carlos
with the easiest plant to grow?
Speaker 3 (07:53):
For most people, the easiest plant to grow is a
t mail plant. The mail plant is very easy to
grow because no, a lot of people don't know. But
the mail plants can grow roots up a stemp mmm
mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
They grew roots up the stem.
Speaker 3 (08:13):
And it only takes like three to four weeks. I mean,
I mean a month for it to grow.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Now, what's the easiest fruit to girl? I want some fruit?
Speaker 3 (08:26):
Well, not probably probably a blueberry or strawberry. Strawberries. Strawberries
the number one easiest fruit.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Okay, that's why I started there, strawberries.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
And maybe we can maybe we can get mister Carlos
started on his very first, you know, small garden.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Yeah maybe that's.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Yes. I I will get you started on your own
little garden.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
Yes, Now see, you teach me how to farm them,
will be a farmer for life.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Absolutely.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
We were supposed to bring you a gift, but we
left it on get your table.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
Somebody gonna eat it.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Actually got would be true because the dogs.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
I have dogs it's gone.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
I don't think they're gonna be, but we'll we'll definitely
make sure that you.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Yeah, it will sell me.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Someone to sit on the table for.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Yeah, listen, and we're gonna get you some fresh honey.
You like honey?
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Oh absolutely, yeah, I have I have an apiary.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Really, you just gonna take over the whole food.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
And what advice would you give to some of the
younger kids who might.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Be watching this?
Speaker 3 (09:55):
Hmm some advice, Well, I will say I would say,
get get started on what you want, who you want
or what you.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Want to be.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
That's good advice.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Or just keep growing.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
She's the puns never stop. They don't. Now you don't.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
We had to tell her that you don't. I was like,
mister Collins is a comedian and all throughout the house,
you know, she likes to do these be pawns and
excellent pons.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
So she said, if I.
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Don't, if you know, if farming don't.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
Work out, I don't wanna be a got can see
a lot of similarities.
Speaker 1 (10:46):
Yeah, she said she was gonna be a comedian, but
she has some questions for you.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
You got a question for me, I know, Well, of
my questions is how did you get started being a comedian,
being the.
Speaker 4 (11:00):
Silly kid, coming up with my own puns and making
people laugh. That's how I started it. Very It started
when I was very young. I always used to make
all the adults laugh. So I kind of always been
a comedian.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
I think I think that you and me stopping in common, Okay,
I think so.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
I think you might be a sharp though.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
Yeah, I believe it or not.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
I believe it. I believe it.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
You believe it.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
I believe it because I'm looking at your work. Your
work speaks for itself. If even if I didn't, everybody
else already does.
Speaker 4 (11:50):
You've been verified three year old farming prodigy.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
How often? How much time did y'all spend on average?
Ad in the garden? So?
Speaker 3 (12:02):
Like ahead, so my mom will usually stay in shy
man die so outside.
Speaker 1 (12:10):
Oh okay, so usually her schedule. They wake up, they'll
go spend a couple of hours in the morning time
when the sun haven't hit yet. Mmmm, it's hot, you know,
yeah what.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
A hours time goes by, the sun gets to blazing,
the sun gets the cooking.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
So yeah, we we kind of stick away from like that.
The eleven thirty ish. Yeah, so maybe about like three
four o'clock, so they'll do before eleven.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
Yeah, after five sometimes sometimes me and my dad would
ptiction breaks or something or something like that. Mm hmm.
But once we're up there, we're we're focused on what
we're doing.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
See that's amazing, man. I don't y'all might have to
write a book or something.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Your probably raising the last generation.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
And it's just and it's like it's a natural thing.
It's not forced it. He just really has a knack
for it. Yeah, that's amazing.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Speaking of bucks, I have a buck called I'm Growing
Places another point.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
I love it? Did you even bring me one?
Speaker 3 (13:26):
And fun? Fun from me?
Speaker 2 (13:29):
I'm gonna have to get the book.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
You got to get the book.
Speaker 3 (13:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
Yeah, we had a We had some stuff for I'm
talking about life, from the T shirt to the sustainable
bag to the book. We had an arm a jar, honey,
I had I'm pressed all this stuff up and I
was like, okay, y'all, we can't be late, can't be late.
Let's go, let's go, let's go. We get our tails,
(13:54):
and I go, what's what's the contact?
Speaker 4 (13:58):
Because it's a lot of people who watch this show
who are into the farming world. They be sending us
all kinds of stuff, and I know they going to
connect with y'all and and exchange goodies and things of
that nature. What's the contact info where they.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
Can find you?
Speaker 3 (14:14):
So they so you can find me my website w
w W dot ego culture dot com.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
You got a whole website and you handling big business.
Speaker 3 (14:30):
And you can find me on on Instagram. Go go
to Eggo culture. Hey, the word grow and culture will
for k.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
Hey, man, I think the kids gonna be alright, the
kids are.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
Gonna be Okay, what grade are you in there?
Speaker 2 (14:53):
I'm in fourth Now, how's that going?
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Going? Pretty good? She's home school, I'm whole school.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Yeah, because you're really too smart to be.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
I'm really I'm really smart.
Speaker 4 (15:10):
I know I can tell about the puns. Just to
be able to even put that together, that is a
whole other level of intelligence.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Yeah, so.
Speaker 3 (15:22):
I got I got the puns from from from the
from the show your aunt so so so when when
when my parents watch watch when you're when my parents
watch your show? And if you do all the fun stuff,
I like to sneak in and watch with them.
Speaker 2 (15:44):
Okay, say I'm teaching.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
I started making up my own puns like you did.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Come on, what else do you like to do? What?
What are your other hobbies?
Speaker 3 (16:00):
My r harveys some sometimes. But when my friends got
their basketball out, I I like to do a little
one on one.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
Oh okay, you got hoop.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Skills too, yeah, yeah, yeah. So there was this one
time where was that a like a outdoor event and
there was a basketball hooping oh okay, and and I
was ridiculously good at it.
Speaker 4 (16:30):
Okay, okay, let me find out you're gonna be hooping
and falling it.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
What are you gonna do in the winter when it's
too cold to go outside?
Speaker 3 (16:39):
And for oh it's well, it's too cold to go outside. Farm.
We we like to get some hot chockle lid. Okay,
we get to let we get some hot chocolate. We
got no I it does. That's good everything.
Speaker 4 (17:02):
Vacation, vacation.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
That's because that's the only time we're able to when
it's growing.
Speaker 2 (17:10):
You know, it's growing season.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
She actually grows all the way up to Christmas, so
January through March.
Speaker 2 (17:18):
What's in season right now?
Speaker 1 (17:20):
We're transforming over to all the brassicas. That's your collar greens, cabbage, kale.
Speaker 2 (17:27):
I'm so glad you told me, because I ain't want to.
I was just gonna sit there all your Brassica season, look.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
All of your rooted stuff, like your your onions, your beets,
your carrots, your potatoes, Like right now, what we haven't
pulled up our eggplant butting up squash, pumpkins, you know,
stuff like that you can kind of domkins.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
I like how you just do it, Like everybody got pumped.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
I guess I got some brain picked pumpkins, like like
I have some pumpkins that are like despect and there
was one pumpkin that.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Like super huge, super huge.
Speaker 3 (18:12):
And I also have grown some watermelons.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
Oh, I'm coming out to Can I come out to
the farm.
Speaker 3 (18:19):
Yeah, the watermelons are not quite ready, but the bumkers
grew faster than I expected.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
I'm gonna make sure everybody go to your website and
support everything you got going on.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
It's so dope to see somebody your age have a
passion for something like that and really just excel. Ad.
Speaker 4 (18:45):
We're so proud of you. Bet the girl, you got
all the support in the world. Anything you want to
leave them with.
Speaker 3 (18:50):
Today, hm, anything that I want to leave I want
to leave here with today upon from you, well.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
We've come to the end. I guess we should just
make it like eggs and beat it.
Speaker 4 (19:11):
Black Market is voting, Johnson's.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Family is here with us today. You didn't think I
had to put for you.