black farmers rally for rights

May 4, 2009 | Tags:

via the mulch blog comes news about the rally of black farmers:

Dr. John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmer’s Association, lead the rally today in front of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to raise awareness for the continued plight of Black Farmers.</blockquote>

A major bone of contention: black farmers receive far fewer subsidies than other farmers.

my question: how is this all connected to the health of black communities? I think we’ve only begun to imagine the ways…

2 responses to “black farmers rally for rights”

  1. elle
    May 4th, 2009 at 10:53 am #

    Just wanted to point you to this link (assuming that you haven’t seen it) that posits that black farmers are suffering while politics proceed as usual.

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