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

National Young Farmers Coalition

In 2018, we fought for FSA Direct Farm Ownership loan caps to be raised to $600,000 from the previous limit of $300,000, which was no longer meeting farmers’ needs in the real estate market. Reauthorizes Beginning Farmer and Rancher Individual Development Accounts. 7125, 7204, 7208, 7305, 7503). 7111, 7114, 7208).

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