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 ...
Many of the Trump administration’s policies, from tariffs to immigration crackdowns, have negatively impacted farmers throughout the United States. Within this group, Black farmers are in a position ...
BOYDTON, Virginia (Reuters) -As a fourth generation farmer, Virginia resident John Boyd Jr typically spends the busy spring season prepping his land to plant sweet corn seeds and soybeans. But Boyd, ...
Sam Cobb is one of many date farmers in the Coachella Valley. He might be the only Black date farmer in the US, according to ...
Haughton and others relied on the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, which was rolled back under ...
We’ve all heard the rumors of foreign interests buying up millions of acres of American farmland. In fact, over 45 million acres of U.S. farmland—nearly the size of half of California—are now owned by ...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday remarked that undocumented workers are “naturally” suited for farm labor, sparking outrage and evoking long-debunked racist theories about Black and Brown people ...
Champaign, IL (Investigate Midwest) – Guess is a full-time truck driver and his wife, Stephanie, works at a bank. Oftentimes, money from their day jobs goes back to their 19-acre farm. Farmer John ...
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 ...
In 2016, Willis Nelson and his three brothers—third-generation Black farmers—started a farming venture with 40 acres in rural Sondheimer, Louisiana. Located on the western bank of the Mississippi ...
Howard Gunn (right) addresses the environmental conference in Tampa, FL Howard Gunn, an African-American farmer, joins the Forum to discuss a host of issues around agri-business. African-American ...
Small, local growers diversify the food supply chain, foster young talent in an aging industry, and reinvest money back into ...
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