African American Peanut Farmers

Roasted, shelled, salted, souped...peanuts are a staple of the Commonwealth and around the nation. Suffolk and Western Tidewater is peanut country, an area full of farmland and history...including the history of African American peanut farmers. Their story is one of resilience, hard work, disappointment and triumph. This is the story of two Black peanut farmers - Clif Slade and Elisha Barnes - generational farmers who have found a way to adapt despite changes to peanut farming and farming in general.