“For me to leave a place of security, a place that’s been good to me and my family, to go back and get harassed - I’m not prepared to do that.”
In the early 2000s, at least 4,000 white Zimbabweans were kicked out of their farms to make way for their black counterparts.
Robert Mugabe, who was president at the time, argued only this could address historica ... Show More
Apr 2021
The Black Farmer Movement Battling History to Return to the Land
Agriculture was once a major source of wealth among the Black middle class in America. But over the course of a century, Black-owned farmland, and the corresponding wealth, has diminished almost to the point of near extinction; only 1.7 percent of farms were owned by Black farmer ... Show More
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Jun 2020
White People Own 98 Percent of Rural Land. Young Farmers Are Asking for It Back.
Black families own just one percent of the country’s arable land. But that’s despite the fact US agriculture has deep roots in African traditions. Leah Penniman, author of the book Farming While Black, delves into the roots of our modern farming practices, and talks about a growi ... Show More
25m 30s