Black farmers in America face severe disparities. They make up less than two percent of all farmers and own less than one ...
Black farmers have overcome systemic challenges to develop solutions in the fight for a fair and just food system.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — Governor Stein, along with the African American Heritage Commission and the Legislative Black Caucus, celebrated Black farmers during Black History Month. The purpose of the ...
Farmers of color have lost some of the programs which had supported equity in agriculture under the Trump administration but ...
John Boyd, president and founder of the National Black Farmers Association, also decried the Trump White House not inviting Black farmers to Monday’s roundtable. The Trump administration announced on ...
Aug. 23, 2002 — -- When John Boyd is not tending to his chickens, tobacco, grain and cattle at home in Mecklenberg County, Va., he's often working at his other job — fighting for the survival of ...
Black farmers at Freedom Acres Ranch in Yoder, Colorado, are pushing for new anti-discrimination laws to combat ongoing local ...
Four people were inducted into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine during the Raleigh reception.
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore celebrated African American farmers today with a panel in observance of Black ...
NEW ORLEANS - James Davis had the best year in his entire farming career this year. The third-generation Black row crop farmer estimated picking almost 1,300 pounds of cotton, an average of 50 bushels ...
The legacy of black farming runs deep in the U.S. On this Juneteenth, we're highlighting urban Black farmers planting the seeds of change in California's Central Valley. That change can be found in ...
Black tobacco farmers fight to preserve a legacy despite hardship and systemic injustice. This episode explores the rich yet challenging history of Black tobacco farmers in Virginia. From the earliest ...