Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

flatland of small, half-abandoned towns surrounded by large, mechanized farms. The farms mostly grow commoditiessoybeans, corn, cotton, and rice. The history of how this happenedhow one of the countrys most fertile farming regions became a knot of poverty, hunger, and racial injusticeis complicated and painful.

Acre 111

Acre Farming Crop Farming 111

The Equation

AUGUST 27, 2024

Following the formation of the USDA in 1862 and the abolishment of slavery in 1865, many formerly enslaved African Americans pursued independent farming. However, most of the land offered was of poor quality and was not suitable for farming. Let’s backtrack to the post-Civil War era Enslaved people had limited access to land.

Sharecropping 112

Sharecropping Farming Farming Acre 112

The Equation

AUGUST 27, 2024

Following the formation of the USDA in 1862 and the abolishment of slavery in 1865, many formerly enslaved African Americans pursued independent farming. However, most of the land offered was of poor quality and was not suitable for farming. Lets backtrack to the post-Civil War era Enslaved people had limited access to land.

Sharecropping 52

Sharecropping Farming Farming Acre 52

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. So I show how the North Bolivar County Farm cooperative in many ways is a direct response to the ways in which food was withheld from Black communities. There we see L.C. There’s no memorial anywhere.

Food 81

Food Plantation Agriculture Agriculture 81