Civil Eats

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Photo credit: Jared Davis This Fund Is Investing $20 Million to Help Black Farmers Thrive Farmer-activists Karen Washington and Olivia Watkins created the Black Farmer Fund to boost Black farmers, agricultural businesses, and food entrepreneurs in the Northeast with tools, training, and cash. Now It’s Facing Eviction.

Food 139

Food Sharecropping Finance Farming 139

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Civil Eats

JUNE 4, 2024

Agriculture has been a way of life and a source of meaning and pride for Black and Indigenous people for centuries, shaping rituals, beliefs, and traditions. Slavery and colonialism exploited their agricultural knowledge and shattered their lives. Civilization is built on the back of successful agriculture.

Food 111

Food Seeding Farming Farming 111

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

After six years of enriching the soil and cultivating neighborly relationships, however, We Grow Farms is up against an insurmountable challenge facing many farms and pastures across the state: the real estate market. ” After persistent advocacy efforts by agriculture groups, the California legislature allotted a $1.25

Cultivation 145

Cultivation Acre Farming Farming 145

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

The $160 million that the company’s backers, primarily US venture capitalists and private equity funds, have spent on its operations represents the largest foreign investment in agriculture in the history of the Peruvian Amazon. If not, he said, settlers will keep clearing primary forest and abandoning the spent land a few years later.

Plantation 126

Plantation Acre Cultivation Crop 126