Crop Processing Sharecropping 
The Equation
AUGUST 27, 2024
Black farmers have been subject to other systematic barriers such as longer processing times for operation loan applications and higher loan default rates, and they have been denied access to information and resources. The failure of this act likely played a role in paving the way for sharecropping and tenant farming.
Modern Farmer
JUNE 30, 2023
But the process hasn’t always come easily. After the Civil War, the sharecropping period often involved predatory practices, including low wages and unsafe conditions. Landowners collected rent for the land as well as a percentage of the crops, while the farmers who worked it received only a small amount.
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Food Environment and Reporting Network
DECEMBER 20, 2024
The soybeans and corn are processed into animal feed and ethanol, mostly outside the region; the cotton is exported to textile mills in Asia. Processing the crops in the Delta would funnel even more money into the regional economy. For years, a few people in the region have preached the gospel of specialty crops.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 10, 2024
In a county that was intentionally poisonedand a world suffering from a changing climatehe is reviving the soil under his feet by transitioning away from pesticide-dependent row crops like tobacco to industrial hemp, which is known to sequester carbon and remediate soil, and using earth-friendly organic and regenerative methods.
The Equation
AUGUST 27, 2024
Black farmers have been subject to other systematic barriers such as longer processing times for operation loan applications and higher loan default rates, and they have been denied access to information and resources. The failure of this act likely played a role in paving the way for sharecropping and tenant farming.
Wisconsin Farmers Union
JULY 9, 2024
Martice and Amy are especially excited that their WI LFPA-grown produce, including culturally-relevant crops like collard greens and okra, is being provided to Tricklebee Cafe in Milwaukee. A stark contrast from the labor forced upon his ancestors through slavery and sharecropping. He often thinks deeply about their experiences.
Daily Yonder
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
Then chapter two looks at one side of the food power politics conversation but gets more into the mechanics of that process. But in places where Black sharecroppers were really in need of federal food subsidies, white farmers could benefit from the crop programs and then their counties could go ahead and opt out of the food programs.
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