But by 2017, there were fewer than 50,000, down to only 1.4 percent, with fewer than 500 black farms in California, according to the report. In 2017, black farmers got $59 million in subsidies.

According to the Brentwood Harvest Time website, there are more than a dozen u-pick cherry farms open this time of year selling cherries. Diablo Cherries sells Coral and Black Pearl varieties.