Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

In addition, despite concerns that the sustainable practices that support mammals may reduce crop yields, some indications point to the opposite conclusion. “By By diversifying the system, you provide a lot more habitat for these natural pollinators to pollinate crops,” said Singh-Varma.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 29, 2025

Together, they left the plantation of Richard M. Loss of Land and Heritage Over the years, though, many Nicodemus families lost their land due to a combination of challenges, including adverse weather conditions, low crop yields, and systemic discrimination by the USDA in loan approvals for our ancestors.

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The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

The birth of an unjust agricultural system From plantations to sharecropping, since its inception the U.S. The current state of our food and faming system was born from the plantation system in the antebellum South that displaced and stole land from Indigenous nations and exploited Africans and their descendants through forced slavery.

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