Modern Farmer

JUNE 30, 2023

After the Civil War, the sharecropping period often involved predatory practices, including low wages and unsafe conditions. I still admit that sweet potatoes are not the easiest source for producing alcohol, but, over time, we were able to develop a process that met our expectations of delivering decent yields and exceptional taste.”

Acre 98

Acre Sharecropping Processing Farming 98

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Over the next two decades, tractors, mechanical harvesters, and chemical herbicides made sharecropping obsoleteyou no longer needed much labor to farm cotton or grains. The shoots come from plant scientist Sathish Ponniahs lab, which certifies them to be free of yield-depressing viruses. Williams, Harveys grandfather. In 1949, U.D.

Acre 111

Acre Farming Crop Farming 111

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

When the owner of the land where Byron was sharecropping died, he willed Byron at least 10 acres. It really is modern-day sharecropping. A fast-growing and high-yield plant, hemp suppresses weeds, thrives without fertilizer and pesticides, and requires less water than many other crops. To note: Hemp contains only.3

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

The birth of an unjust agricultural system From plantations to sharecropping, since its inception the U.S. They aimed to maximize profits by exploiting humans and the environment through cheap labor, human commodification, and maximizing yields of a few commodity crops that degraded the soil.

Food 106

Food Plantation Sharecropping Farming 106

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

And while permanent crops don’t typically yield immediate profits, they can help buffer producers from pests, disease, and market spikes. Still, “it’s difficult to unbuild how land was used to punish us for 400 years,” Mack says, referring to the deep scars left by a history of enslavement and sharecropping.

Cultivation 145

Cultivation Acre Farming Farming 145