Norman, Jamila
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| Birthname | Jamila Abdullah Norman | ||||
| born on | 27 April 1979 at 05:30 (= 05:30 AM ) | ||||
| Place | New York, New York, 40n43, 74w00 | ||||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   06°35'  17°58 Asc. 15°33'
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Biography
American urban farmer, nicknamed "Farmer J," who stars on the television show Homegrown (2021) on Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network. On Homegrown, Norman explains and shows the audience her life as an urban farmer at her own farm. The show also depicts ways in which urban farming can develop more sustainable food systems in communities and cities that face discriminatory and oppressed living and eating conditions.
Norman co-founded, with Chef Beee, Patchwork City Farms, a 1.2 acre urban farm in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2010. The farm produces organic foods: fruits, vegetables, and herbs for local Atlanta farmer's markets and restaurants. The farm was established on land leased from a public school. Norman then bought land in 2016, and moved Patchwork City Farms to the new location. Norman's work focuses on implementing sustainable food systems and agriculture in urban settings and for communities of color. This form of work utilizes teaching sustainable farming techniques to urban communities to initiate the production of fresh foods. Norman employs women of color at her urban farm, advocating for an increase in Black and POC farmers. Norman advocates for a rise in Black owned businesses through creating a platform, Patchwork City Farms, for other Black farmers to find success in urban farming. Norman's work emphasizes the need for a "reclamation" of the Black farmer and the historically rich narratives of Black agricultural system.
Norman is a first generation American, born in New York to Caribbean parents. She grew up in Queens, New York, then eventually moved, with her family, to Connecticut, and finally to Georgia. Her mother grew up on a family farm in Jamaica, and her father is from Trinidad. She earned a bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Georgia. She is a mother and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes from "Recycling Offers Plenty of Room for Growth," New York Times, 16 April 2023, p. 8:
"Ms. Norman, 43, ... spent her early years in Queens, New York, ... A couple of Ms. Norman's friends at college had property out in the country, where she'd go to 'have some hippie moments.' 'So I had always kind of dabbled in nature,' she said. 'And I'm a double earth sign.' (Specifically, Taurus sun and Taurus rising.) ..."
Birthday/ birth date from various media [1]. A birth time of 5:30 AM is speculative.
Categories
- Traits : Body : Race (Black, Caribbean)
- Vocation : Engineer : Other Engineer (Environmental)
- Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star ("Homegrown")
- Vocation : Misc. : Farmer/ Rancher (Urban farmer)