Posts Tagged ‘farming’
National Black Farmers Conference 2023
The National Black Farmers Association Conference is an interactive two day program providing practical knowledge and direct training to enhance skills, networking, and financial resource capabilities for small, limited resource and socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers and landowners.
Read More2023 Black Farmers and Urban Gardeners National Conference
Black Urban Growers (BUGs) and our partners are pleased to present the 11th Annual Black Farmers & Urban Gardeners (BUGS) Conference, convening urban and rural farmers, chefs, food product makers, students, herbalists, nutritionists, consumers, policymakers, educators, activists and organizations from across the country! Come join us to connect with our Black agrarian family from across the nation in the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Read MoreWhy one woman plants crops to fight oppression
Eva Dickerson is intent on battling and revealing food inequalities for what they are: a way for some people to retain control.
Read MoreJamila Norman knows farming holds secrets of our past and future
Farming can create bridges between the past, present, and future for Black farmers in the United States and beyond.
Read MoreBlack Homesteaders & Off-Grid Living Conference
Join Black Homesteaders from across the country in this first of its kind, all Black Homesteaders & Off-Grid Living Conference!
Read MoreFederal government taken to court for reworking Black farmers debt relief program
Black farmers are taking a stand against the government, which rescinded funding for Black farmers hard hit by COVID.
Read MoreClimate and Tax Bill Rewrites Embattled Black Farmer Relief Program
The Biden administration’s ambitious Inflation Reduction Act includes aid for disadvantaged farmers who have been waiting for aid.
Read MoreBlack 6-Year-Old Girl Becomes Georgia’s Youngest Certified Farmer
At only 6 years old, South Fulton’s Kendall Rae Johnson used her love for vegetables to become the youngest certified farmer in the state of Georgia.
Read MoreUSDA to Form Commission to Tackle Racial Disparities That Hurt Black Farmers
The agency has long been accused of discrimination against Black farmers regarding loan applications and debt forgiveness.
Read More‘Bring More Black Farmer Voices Together’: How the Black Farmers Collective Is Growing a Black-Led Food System Rooted in Black Liberation
Black farmers make up less than 2 percent of the overall farming population in the US and have been stripped of millions of acres of land in the last century. Even the USDA itself played a major role in financially bankrupting Black farm families. The US Dept. of Agriculture was to offer a multibillion dollar loan forgiveness program for farmers of color as part of COVID relief, but is on hold now due to white farmers’ claim of “reverse discrimination.”
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