By Elisa BrownContributing Writer, The Louisiana Weekly
(Special from Facing South) — Out of 3.4 million farmers working in the United States, fewer than 50,000 are...
By Aris Folley
John Boyd Jr., the president of the National Black Farmers Association, called on Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to apologize for comments...
A debt-relief program would be a step in repairing more than a century of discrimination by the Department of Agriculture.
By Mark Bittman
Many white...
By Stacy Brown
Racial disparities in American farming have always existed. In a 1998 settlement, the United States Department of Agriculture admitted to systemic discrimination...