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The Southeast Community Center on Evans Avenue is a sprawling building on San Francisco’s east side. It’s right on the border of Mission Bay, Dogpatch, Hunter’s Point, and the Bayview and opened in October 2022 with the intent to bring dynamism and accessibility to the area; there are swinging chairs, grilling stations, and slides where […]
Cannabis entrepreneurs Dwayne Hirsch, left, and Reginald Reese. (The Green Toad Hemp Farm via blackprpresswire) Black farmers are looking to the “budding” cannabis industry in the U.S. to spur generational wealth in the Black community after decades of grappling with the hardships of being locked out of the agricultural industry and land ownership, while being […]
For nearly three decades, Lucious Abrams says he has gotten letters from the United States Department of Agriculture promising to wipe out his debt –but for him and other Black farmers in the country, receiving relief from the federal government has been a difficult process. Every morning in the rural town of Keysville, Georgia, the […]
Through the Cracks: Black farmers seek debt reliefABC News’ Rachel Scott reports on efforts to get debt relief to Black farmers who have faced decades of discrimination in federal loans, as a recent lawsuit blocks billions in long-promised aid.May 1, 2023 Source link
April 12 (Reuters) – Colorado farmers will be able to legally fix their own equipment next year, with manufacturers like Deere & Co (DE.N) obliged to provide them with manuals for diagnostic software and other aids, under a measure passed by legislators in the first U.S. state to approve such a law.
Fred de Sam Lazaro: The USDA declined an interview request, but, in a statement to “PBS NewsHour,” said, given court injunctions that tied its hands, the goal was to get relief to farmers quickly, adding that: “The Inflation Reduction Act provided $3.1 billion that will allow USDA to work with distressed borrowers, and for those […]
March 24 (Reuters) – Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N) gave its chicken suppliers two months’ notice of its plan to shut a Virginia processing plant in May, raising concerns among farmers and legal experts about the company’s compliance with antitrust regulations requiring it to give 90 days’ notice before ending a contract.
(CNN) A farmers’ protest party in the Netherlands has caused a shock after winning provincial elections this week just four years after their founding. Could their rise have wider implications? The Farmer-Citizen Movement or BoerburgerBeweging (BBB) grew out of mass demonstrations against the Dutch government’s
FARMER Wants a Wife contestant Ryan Black has shared the key trait he believes many of his admirers tend to be missing. Black, one of the four farmers hoping to find love on FOX’s new reality show, shared his thoughts on the topic with The U.S. Sun. Ryan Black is one of four farmers trying […]
This week, another nascent movement appeared to be coalescing at Freedom Plaza, just steps from the White House. There, farmers and their advocates gathered to bring attention to the urgency of the climate crisis at what they called the Rally for Resilience. It was one part of a larger effort to meet an important moment. […]