Food Industrial Agriculture Sharecropping 
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
MARCH 4, 2024
We must not forget that at that time the economic options for Black Americans were scarcely more than sharecropping on former plantations or brutal industrial labor in northern cities; political and social freedoms were systematically denied. She established food distributions and mobile health clinic visits.
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Food Environment and Reporting Network
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Ocho Sur’s links to deforestation have profound implications for businesses, consumers, and the environment and what exactly counts as “sustainability” in the palm oil industry. Melka had sought to bring another 12,000 acres into cultivation through this sharecropping strategy.
The Equation
MAY 14, 2024
As the grandson of Black farmers, sharecroppers, and farmworkers, I know firsthand how the injustices faced by small farmers and workers plague and hinder our food supply. During his lifespan, most people ate locally sourced and homegrown foods. It must be indelibly imbued into our public policies.
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