Black farmers still own about 2.5 million acres of land, but they have no market for their products. We must generate that market. They are willing to grow whatever we demand and without the poisons of the commercially grown products. Labor must replace chemicals to spread bulky organic manures and fight the weeds. Labor must be paid a decent wage or volunteers must be housed and fed.
Communications is the key to marketing.
Minister Farrakhan instructed each household to get a computer. Although the Nation of Islam has a small fleet of tractor trailers, more smaller refrigerated trucks, trailers and storage facilities are needed in our target cities to facilitate the profitable distribution of our produce. It's our duty to build a future for our children. It's imperative that we grow and develop into a viable agribusiness in order that we may purchase more farmland and develop other related businesses.