Category: Black Farmers

Jillian Hishaw, founder and CEO of F.A.R.M.S., a nonprofit providing aid and resources to rural and small farmers, formerly worked as an adjudicator with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Civil Rights, and discusses new legislation aimed at correcting a legacy of racism within the USDA against Black farmers   —  Lisa Deaderick, The […]

— Derek Major, Black Enterprise The National Black Growers Council, John Deere, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund have announced a coalition focused on improving the livelihoods of Black farmers. According to a release from the group,  it will particularly focus on the preservation of heirs’ property in rural communities throughout the United States. “Property ownership is a driver of economic […]

Nebedaye Farms targeted for harassment repeatedly in recent months By  Ryan Pitkin, QC Nerve When Marjorie Jamison drove to Indian Trail in Union County on June 13 to visit family friend Bernard Singleton’s new farm, she expected a relaxing day away from the stresses of city life and quarantine, not to be the target of […]

Innovations by Black farmers remain at the core of sustainable agriculture today. By Tom Philpott, Mother Jones For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters. Black people have largely been expelled from the US agricultural landscape. In 1920, nearly a million Black farmers worked on 41.4 million acres of land, making up a seventh of farm […]

Coronavirus has people worrying about food supply chain. Amina Robinson works in customer service for an airline, and while she is grateful to still be employed, the past two months have been particularly stressful. Most days she deals with people who need to fly, but are afraid to or who want to cancel a planned […]