Michael Carter Jr. is an 11th generation farmer in the United States and is the 5th generation to farm on Carter Farms, his family’s century farm in Orange County, Virginia where he gives workshops, technical assistance and consults on how to grow and market ethnic vegetables. Carter Farms specializes in growing farmers. In addition he runs Africulture, a non profit dedicated to educating and expounding upon the principles, practices, plants and people of African descent that has contributed to agriculture. He presently consults with numerous governments, organizations, institutions, and individuals throughout the region and nation on food access, food security/insecurity, market outreach, social and economic parity/equity/evaluation programs, racial understanding, immersion, history, and cultural training, among other areas. He teaches his course Africulture, at the University of Virginia as a Practitioner in Real Life' in the school of Environmental Thought and Practice major as well as assisted University of Virginia in diversifying their produce and protein supply chain with local and minoritized farmers. He happily assists his sons in running their business, Carter Brothers, when not coaching soccer or mentoring young people in his community.