This Couple Partnered With Black Farmers To Create A Grocery Delivery Service
An Atlanta couple has teamed up with local Black-owned grocery stores in the Atlanta area to create a delivery service to help reach their customers. ...
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National Black Growers Council and John Deere Announce Group To Improve The Lives Of Black Farmers
The National Black Growers Council, John Deere, and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund have announced a group focused on Black farmers....
National Black Farmers Association Calls for Boycott of John Deere
NBFA president John Boyd calls for boycott, says John Deere has shown throughout its history that it has little respect for Black farmers...
The Black Farmer’s Market Attracts Over 1,000 Shoppers in Raleigh, North Carolina
Over 1,0000 people supported local black-owned businesses at the Black Farmers' Market in Raleigh, North Carolina, over the weekend....
First Black-Owned Supermarket to Sell Products From Mostly Black Farmers Raises $430K
The founders of WeBuyBlack and the developers of the first ever Black-owned supermarket that will primarily sell products from Black farmers and other food manufacturers have reached...
D.C. Farmers Allege Well-Known Marketplace Repeatedly Denied Spots To Black Vendors
A group of black farmers and food makers are accusing Freshfarm, owner of D.C largest farmers market in Dupont Circle of denying them vendor spots....
Agriculture Businesses, Including Black Farmers, Can Qualify For SBA Disaster Loans Up to $150,000
Black farmers are eligible for disaster loans the U.S. Small Business Administration is providing to agricultural businesses hit hard by the coronavirus....
How New Bill Could Help Black Farmers and HBCUs
In December, President Trump signed the so-called “Farm Bill” of 2018. The legislation, officially known as the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, not only re-legalized...
Castro Did Business With Black Farmers, Not the U.S. Government
As news broke that the former Cuban President Fidel Castro was dead at age 90, John Boyd, Founder and President of the National Black Farmer’s...
Black Farmers Take Discrimination Protest to U.S. Supreme Court
Farmers from the Southern region and their supporters recently gathered in front of the Supreme Court building in D.C., demanding justice for what they called...