Mosely Farms: What We Carry Forward

Before dawn breaks over Portal, Georgia, Roy Mosley Jr. is already listening. The birds are calling, his animals are stirring, ready to eat, and across his three farms, another day of work is beginning. He cannot imagine a morning any other way.

For Roy, farming is sacred work. It connects him to his grandfathers, to the ancestors who came before them, and to the people he feeds. Now, his six-year-old son, Roy III, follows alongside him, eager to be part of it all. Watching his son, Roy remembers how much he loved being in the fields with his own grandfathers. He recognizes that same love taking root.

A Legacy He Wears Every Day

Roy learned pig farming from his grandfather Hudson Rozier, one of the first Black farmers in Georgia to own his own hog house. His other grandfather, R. L. Williams, taught him row cropping. Their knowledge helped shape the farmer he is today, along with a deep pride in what it means to grow food and care for the land.

Roy still feels their presence as he works. And he never has to look far for a reminder. Before he passed away, his grandfather Rozier gave him his pig belt buckle. Roy has worn it proudly every day since. It is part of his uniform, a familiar connection to the man who taught him and to the time they spent together.

Today, Roy is sharing that life with his own son. In the everyday work of tending animals and growing crops, Roy III is learning the traditions that his father’s grandfathers once shared with him.

Food With Roots, Grown with Love

At Mosely Farms, those traditions sustain three farms: a pig farm; fields of rice, wheat, grain, and heritage corn; and a vegetable farm growing watermelon, cabbage, collard greens, broccoli, and more.

Roy is proud of his work and thoughtful about what it means to the people he serves. He wants them to know where their food comes from, how it was raised, and the care that went into it. To him, food carries its own energy, the love and attention of the person who produced it.

That belief feels deeply familiar to Potlikker Capital. Like the nutrient-rich potlikker broth left after cooking greens, the nourishment Roy offers extends beyond what is on the plate. He too sees feeding people as a way of caring for them, body and soul.

Through farming, he carries a piece of Portal and the love he pours into his work to tables beyond his hometown.

Growing an Ecosystem of Care

The relationships that sustain Roy’s work also reflect Potlikker Capital’s approach to Ecosystem Investing.

In his community, farmers share equipment, exchange knowledge, and help one another through the demands of each season. That cooperation helps their farms endure. It is also a reminder that a farm’s future depends on the strength of the connections around it.

Potlikker’s approach builds on that understanding: connecting capital with relationships, resources, and opportunities that help farmers grow while strengthening the communities they serve.

For Roy, Potlikker has become part of that network, supporting work that holds generations of knowledge and the promise of what comes next.

Before dawn tomorrow, Roy will put on his grandfather’s buckle and head out to care for his animals and fields. With Roy III following in his footsteps, a new generation’s connection to the land is growing right alongside the crops. At Mosely Farms, the family name holds the story: lessons passed from grandfather to grandson, love carried from father to son, and a legacy still growing, with more hands to carry it forward.