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FLORENCE, S.C. (WPDE) — Black farmers, land owners and their families gathered at the Florence Center on Monday to discuss a $2.2 billion compensation from the U.S. government. The president of the Black Farmers and Agriculturalist Association Thomas Burrell, discussed a discrimination lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture stating that the Department is […]

Northumberland County, Virginia CNN  —  Everyday when PJ Haynie wakes up, he prays to God for two things.  “As farmers, we go out and as they say, we plant and pray,” Haynie said. “We plant a crop … we pray for rain; we pray for prices.”

On a cold, windy Saturday afternoon in Akron, three Congolese teenagers are helping two Bhutanese men and an American man tear down a temporary greenhouse structure on a former urban farm site of Shanti Farms. Shanti Farms is a nonprofit that helps immigrant and refugee communities in Akron embrace their agricultural roots in an urban […]

What are the current challenges Black farmers are facing? Many of the challenges are well-documented. We receive a disproportionate amount of resources whether public or private, are operating in supply chains that are inclusive, and have smaller land assets. Other challenges include the need for more climate resiliency – our farms are more susceptible to […]

Black Americans lost 90% of their lands across the United States during the 20th century, government figures show, due to factors such as predatory developers and a lack of access to the legal system and expert advice. Now an alliance of Black farmers and civil society groups wants to get an equal amount of property […]

* Black Americans lost 90% of their land in the 20th century * Land losses also impact generational wealth inequalities * Pandemic, racial justice protests spark push for action By Carey L. Biron AMELIA, VIRGINIA, June 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – W hen Black land rights activists were offered a 150-acre (60-hectare) plot in the […]

(March 25, 2022) A collective of community and environmental groups is asking an Illinois appeals court to overturn a flawed decision to allow a natural gas pipeline to be built in Pembroke Township – an historic Black farming community whose concerns were not considered in the approval process and who could be severely harmed by […]

While the role of the agriculture economy has grown, the share of Black farmers in the United States has declined over the last century. Today, just 1.4 percent of farmers identify as Black or mixed race compared with about 14 percent 100 years ago. These farmers represent less than […]

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 2 (Reuters) – The United States and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday used COP26 climate talks to launch efforts to channel funding into making agriculture resilient to climate change, as well as to cut its emissions. The farming industry, a major part of the U.S. economy, is already . . .

Madagascar is ranked as the words largest producer of vanilla beans. The world’s top vanilla exporting country farmers just like most of the other hard-toiling farmers in Africa dealing in other cash crops, the farmers here live in poverty and constant fear of losing their crop to theft. In Sava region, Madagascar, crop theft is prevalent as a result of […]


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