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Tag: Black farmers

Posted inIowaWatch

‘Immense sense of pride’: Iowa farm owned by Black family for 158 years

by Erin Jordan / The Gazette December 19, 2022January 23, 2023

The Western family owns one of only about 1,700 Iowa Heritage Farms, which means a farm in the same family for at least 150 years. Theirs is likely the only such farm owned by a Black family.

Posted inGovernment, National

Promised debt relief, some Black farmers get collection notices

by April Simpson, Center for Public Integrity February 18, 2022April 21, 2022
Posted inGovernment, Illinois

An Illinois bill aims to counteract a decades-long trend: The decline of the Black farmer

by Amanda Perez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America February 15, 2022January 19, 2023
Posted inGovernment

‘Most of the time, it doesn’t work out’: Black farmers wait for debt relief as white counterparts sue

by Amanda Perez Pintado, Investigate Midwest/Report for America August 4, 2021August 5, 2021
Posted inGovernment

After 20 years of advocacy, Black farmers finally get debt relief

by Monica Nickelsburg, Food & Environment Reporting Network March 9, 2021January 23, 2023

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