The Equation

AUGUST 27, 2024

Such promises included “ 40 acres and a mule ,” the first unsuccessful systematic attempt at providing reparations. The Southern Homestead Act was enacted to redistribute 46 million acres of land to formerly enslaved people. The failure of this act likely played a role in paving the way for sharecropping and tenant farming.

Sharecropping 85

Sharecropping Farming Farming Acre 85

Modern Farmer

JUNE 30, 2023

Prime farmland, it attracted countless farmers, including the Black farmers seeking to fulfill the promise of “40 acres and a mule” that followed the American Civil War. It’s still run by the family today, now growing 100 acres of mostly sweet potatoes, the warm-climate vegetable that is an important staple in African American foodways.

Acre 95

Acre Sharecropping Processing Farming 95

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We are committed to elevating the voices of people who produce our food, as well as those who are affected by its production. acre Growing Home farm grew fresh produce for restaurants and surrounding communities. Here is our best food justice reporting this year.

Food 89

Food Sharecropping Farming Farming 89

Modern Farmer

JULY 16, 2024

It’s really developed into something really beautiful and productive and community-oriented.” Because she doesn’t have at least five acres, her application to join the federal Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program – which would have enabled her to accept food vouchers from low-income seniors – was denied four times.

Food 97

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 97

The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

Over the next 15 years, California will have to repurpose about 1 million acres of cropland, most of it out of the 5.5 million irrigated acres in the San Joaquin Valley. In the case of Allensworth, the town is surrounded by hundreds of acres of pistachios that belong to a trillion-dollar insurance company.

Agriculture 103

Agriculture Agriculture Pesticide Ruralism 103

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Just a few miles from California’s state capital, owner Nelson Hawkins has turned an abandoned half-acre lot into a hub of food production for the community. growers and owned more than 16 million acres of land. percent of all farmers and own fewer than 5 million acres. Today, they make up just 1.3

Cultivation 125

Cultivation Acre Farming Farming 125

The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

The birth of an unjust agricultural system From plantations to sharecropping, since its inception the U.S. After the antebellum plantation system ended, exploitative and oppressive systems continued through the sharecropping system.

Food 78

Food Plantation Farming Farming 78