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October 25, 2023
According to data from the United States Department of Agriculture, Black farmers make up just 1% of all farmers in…
December 10, 2022
A class-action lawsuit seeks to pressure officials to restore funding that was dropped after white farmers filed challenged the program.
November 13, 2022
Cocoa farming makes up about 15% of Ivory Coast’s national GDP and supports nearly a quarter of the country’s population.
September 10, 2022
A $1 billion philanthropic effort promising a “green revolution” for African agriculture has fallen far short of its goals, critics…
April 2, 2022
"We will continue to identify and bring to justice those who would exploit others whose labors provide the fuel for…
June 13, 2021
Grammy-nominated singer Kelis is sharing details about her life on a farm and what it's like to be raising a…
November 29, 2020
Nigeria's government has buried 43 farmers who were victims of a gruesome massacre by suspected Islamist militants. More are feared…
August 18, 2020
Faith Ellis is only farming six acres on her Texas farm – one of eight Black-owned farms in the area…
August 13, 2020
Biden has a plan to expand access to assistance for Black farmers and support land trusts, cooperatives, and farm credit…
May 6, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Members of the black farming community and their advocates have responded to claims made in a recent…
June 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - David Bronner, CEO of Dr Bronner's Magic Soaps boycotted the nation's long standing policy to ban the…
March 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - With recent light shed on 'food deserts' -- or neighborhoods without access to quality healthy foods --…
October 28, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has given final approval to a $1.2 billion government settlement with black farmers...
September 19, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - Black farmers now make up just one percent of the entire American farmer population...
September 16, 2011
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - The African-American Farmers of California started the 15-acre demonstration farm to teach about growing and eating…
July 20, 2011
OPINION - Michele Bachmann, like the GOP in general, has conveniently forgotten the USDA's history of racism as far as…
July 19, 2011
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, which represented black farmers in the Pigford…
December 9, 2010
OPINION - In many ways this signing was a ray of light in what has been a dark season of…
December 8, 2010
OPINION - Thousands of farmers will reap justice after sowing decades of activist mobilization in the face of USDA discrimination...
December 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House said the president would sign the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 and make remarks…