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John Boyd

1965–

United States

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John Wesley Boyd Jr. (born September 4, 1965) is an African-American farmer, civil rights activist and the founder of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA). He owns and operates Boyd Farms, which has 1,500-acre (6.1 km2) across three farms in Baskerville, Virginia where he grows soybean, corn and wheat and currently raises one hundred and fifty head of beef cattle.

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