Bernard Singleton is the co- founder of Nebedaye Farms and the Bennu Gardens Project in North Carolina.

Singleton, being of Gullah descent, showcases culturally connected crops such as indigo and rice. He has also been active in elevating Africa's Botanical legacy in the Americas through his African Botanical garden which received a design award from the Practice Grant foundation. We see our farm projects as a way to address food insecurity in local communities by reintroducing culturally connected crops that can lead to greater compliance and help more African Americans reconnect with the land and great botanical legacies
of our ancestors. Nebedaye Farms is a member of the following organizations:
● North Carolina Agritourism Networking Association,
● Carolina Farm Stewardship Association,
● Citizen Science Association member,
● Carolina Farm Trusts advisory board member ,
● and Community Partners for Black Farmers Group.

Nebedaye Farms has been chosen as farm of the year 2022 and chosen as one of QCity Metro's Great 28, an annual list of Black Charlotteans who are shaping our city. Bernard is also featured in the Living Archives project, a collaboration between the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library, Johnson C Smith University, the Levine Museum and the Duke Center for Documentary Studies. We have also partnered with Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment and Dr Biswanath Dari Agriculture and Natural Resource Specialist, North Carolina A&T State University specializing in biochar. Currently I am working in Ghana and Liberia working with local rice farmers, providing solar power refrigeration unit for farmers in the rural areas and developing a recycling facility and biochar productions in Liberia.”