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The Ujamaa Farmer Collective Set To Obtain California Land After Receiving .25M In Funding, Will Use It To Help Black Farmers

The Ujamaa Farmer Collective Set To Obtain California Land After Receiving $1.25M In Funding, Will Use It To Help Black Farmers

Ujamaa Farmer Collective, a nonprofit organization in West Sacramento, California, recently secured a $1.25 million grant from the state to help existing and aspiring Black farmers obtain the land needed to expand their businesses. Black farmers Nelson Hawkins, Nathaniel Brown and Keith Hudson launched the initiative in 2021. According to Black Business, “BIPOC farmers in the United States […]

KUOW AND NWPB PRESENT: GHOST HERD: A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION

KUOW AND NWPB PRESENT: GHOST HERD: A VIRTUAL CONVERSATION

Go behind the scenes with the team behind KUOW and NWPB’s latest podcast Ghost Herd. Join us for an in-depth dive into the work behind the six-part series. KUOW’s Libby Denkmann will catch up with Ghost Herd host and reporter Anna King about the moments that made the series – and the ones that got […]

Black-Owned Farmer Antibiotic-Free Meat Products Now Available in Grocery Stores

Black-Owned Farmer Antibiotic-Free Meat Products Now Available in Grocery Stores

Ricky Dollison, a fourth-generation African American farmer who’s the owner of Dollison Farms located in Poulan, Georgia. Dollison is the owner of a company called Warrior Creek Premium Meats that produces  antibiotic-free bacon, sausage, ground beef, ribeye steaks, pork tenderloins, and chicken leg quarters. The family operated business produces a multitude of leafy greens, peanuts, […]

Still no medical marijuana license for Black farmer

Still no medical marijuana license for Black farmer

The Department of Health is under fire because it has still not issued a medical marijuana license to a Black farmer. Lawmakers grilled the department to find out what is responsible for the delay on Thursday. When the Legislature passed its medical marijuana law in 2017, one grower’s license was reserved for a Black farmer. […]

South Carolina Farmer Anthony P. Crawford Was Lynched By White Mob In 1916

South Carolina Farmer Anthony P. Crawford Was Lynched By White Mob In 1916

In 1916, a white mob lynched Anthony P. Crawford, a 56-year-old Black farmer in South Carolina after he argued with a white merchant over the price of cottonseed. Crawford was assaulted, arrested, and placed in jail after a disagreement with a white store owner over the cost of cottonseed that brought him to the market […]