BURLINGTON, Vt. — Out of the nearly 7,000 farms in Vermont, only 17 are Black-owned, according to the 2017 U.S. agriculture census. A $2 million fund is seeking to expand access to farm land ...

For young people of color, claiming direct access to food by picking up the pitchfork at a local urban farm can feel like a step backwards. "My hope is that we can work past that," Bowens says.

Out of the nearly 7,000 farms in Vermont, only 17 are Black-owned, according to the 2017 U.S. agriculture census. A $2 million fund is seeking to expand access to farm land ownership in Vermont ...

When Leah Penniman posted on Facebook about an upcoming one-week Black and Latino immersion program on her upstate New York farm, it filled up in 24 hours. The program at Soul Fire Farm is designed ...

A life from the land: Ranchers of color, now and in the past, make marks in Colorado More than 69,000 agriculture producers work on Colorado farms, and around 67,400 identify as white ...

DSU is celebrating over 130 years as a land grant institution “servicing underserved farmers, giving you the resources you need.” What are the benefits of the Black, Indigenous and People of ...

Arkansas Family’s Farm Legacy Spurs New Era Of Opportunity For Landowners Of Color Shawn Boler’s great-grandfather once owned the acres he now oversees and plans to preserve for future ...

Black farmers fight for their land, inspire new generation of agriculturists: Part 2 John Boyd Jr., founder of the National Black Farmers Association, has spent decades advocating for Black ...

After a traumatic history marked by enslavement and then sharecropping, followed by a century of racist federal farm policy that largely stripped Black farmers of the ability to hold land, “I ...

More recently, farmers of color say it has been tough to get farm loans because lenders see them as "more likely to operate smaller, lower-revenue farms, have weaker credit histories, or lack ...

Business A life from the land: Ranchers of color, now and in the past, make marks in Colorado More than 69,000 agriculture producers work on Colorado farms, and around 67,400 identify as white Emma ...