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....
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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...
Black Farmers Shut Out Of $10 Billion Medical Marijuana Business
New states laws could keep black farmers and black businesses out of the budding $10 billion medical marijuana industry....
Black Farmers to Receive Payouts in $1.2 Billion from Federal Lawsuit
Farmers will receive $1.2 billion in settlement...
Black Farmers Defend USDA Settlement After Critical New York Times Story
Black Farmers speak out against New York Times article...