according to the Black Farmers Index. Cobb said there are few Black people farming. There were 46,738 agricultural producers who identified as Black in 2022, according to census data from the ...

Black farmers face historical challenges in accessing ... “The farmers are calling and saying,‘Hey, Boyd, should I plant my crop, man? This ain't looking good for us. Have you heard anything ...

And funding is a barrier that will prevent Black people from becoming new farmers,” he said. “I could either try to become a farmer and take on farming full time, or I can try to educate my ...

The average age of farmers is 58, but for Black folks it is 61. And as older people, who represent the bulk of farmers, age out, more needs to be done to encourage younger folks to enter the ...

Days before South Africa's president meets his U.S. counterpart at the White House this week, Afrikaner farmers at the center ...

and disrespectful to the nation’s Black farmers, the oldest occupation in history for Black people.” I frankly think that unfortunately, a lot of people on the left have leaned into this by ...

HALIFAX COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - America has a complicated history with cotton. Before the civil war, the plant brought great prosperity to the country accounting for more than half its exports.

The movement of Black farmers throughout the Madison area is recovering a profound connection to the land and cultivating a path forward for the next generation. “We are agricultural people.

“It doesn’t take 40 pages to pay a person,” Burrell said. Jones also traveled to Virginia to speak with John Boyd. Boyd is a farmer whose organization, The National Black Farmers Association ...