Aug. 23, 2002 — -- When John Boyd is not tending to his chickens, tobacco, grain and cattle at home in Mecklenberg County, Va., he's often working at his other job — fighting for the survival of ...

A national Black farmers' group with members in Mississippi recently announced plans to opt out of a major new federal aid program. Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association president Thomas ...

Some Black farmers said they will participate in President Donald Trump’s new $12 billion federal farm aid program, citing concerns about racial bias. The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists ...

Black farmers refuse to repeat the past. Black farmers will not opt in to Donald Trump’s new $12 billion federal farm aid program due to its racist undertones. The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists ...

The new bill could "change the trajectory of farming legacies." There was a time when Black-owned farms were booming -- before those farmers were stripped of tens of thousands of acres because of ...

Many of the Trump administration’s policies, from tariffs to immigration crackdowns, have negatively impacted farmers throughout the United States. Within this group, Black farmers are in a position ...

At the National Black Growers Council meeting in New Orleans, Black farmers respond to the $12 billion in tariff relief announced by the Trump administration and outline challenges farms are facing.

The legacy of black farming runs deep in the U.S. On this Juneteenth, we're highlighting urban Black farmers planting the seeds of change in California's Central Valley. That change can be found in ...

Howard Gunn (right) addresses the environmental conference in Tampa, FL Howard Gunn, an African-American farmer, joins the Forum to discuss a host of issues around agri-business. African-American ...

Originally published on BlackNews.com. Shelton Muhammad, an African American farmer in Southampton County, Virginia, is calling for urgent public support to help protect his family’s farm from what he ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday remarked that undocumented workers are “naturally” suited for farm labor, sparking outrage and evoking long-debunked racist theories about Black and Brown people ...