Wayne Swanson
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Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
Not everybody gets to experience all that.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
So always wanted to be outside.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
My dad's an electrician.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
I grew up an electrician as a kid.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
I love working outside.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
Right, especially, yeah.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
I just came through there.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
But a lot of it is the great migration.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
So most of us are either from South Carolina or Georgia.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
Especially going up 85.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
Up 85, up 95, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, yup.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
So my family, my dad's family's from Virginia.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
And both sides of my family has owned land since before slavery.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
Okay.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
So we always had land.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
Still have it to this day.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
But we realized one of our ancestors was smart, and she was like, let me put this thing on this man so we could be all right.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
Yeah.
Grits and Eggs Podcast
Episode 115 - Black Farming w/ Wayne Swanson
So I call it a regenerational farmer.