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Heirs’ Property: The Legal Issue That Has Cost Black Farmers $326 Billion

The Equation

In doing research on this piece, I got a sponsored ad link on Google pointing me to resources for how to force the sale of real estate in my state of Florida. This phenomenon has been a major force in the loss of Black-owned land in this country, especially among farmers.

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Black Earth: A Family’s Journey from Enslavement to Reclamation

Civil Eats

as an account executive in the real estate market for the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. The older Black farmers who were involved with the Pigford cases regret having gotten entangled with the industrial agriculture paradigm and the USDA, says McCurty of the Black Belt Justice Center.

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Young Farmers’ Analysis of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024

National Young Farmers Coalition

Young Farmers opposed the bill when it was initially released and mobilized hundreds of advocates in direct and grassroots action to encourage House Agriculture Committee members to vote against it. 12301) A step back in federal farmland conservation tools for land access. The Farmland Access Act (S.2507)

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