Cobb is one of many date farmers in the valley. But he might be the only Black date farmer in the entirety of the United States, according to the Black Farmers Index. Cobb said there are few ...

“It’s just like going back in time,” Boyd, founder of the National Black Farmers Association, told The Independent. Boyd is a fourth-generation farmer who raises corn, soybeans ...

I’m going "Black" and forth and It was like, this is cute, I love it," said Gregorio ... and Forth and she’s looking forward to holding Farmer’s Markets in her courtyard space as well.

"I've been fighting the government since 1983," says John Boyd Jr., a fourth-generation Black farmer. He and his wife, Kara, are two of four plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit in federal court ...

Nearly half of Black applicants were rejected for loans provided directly by the USDA in fiscal year 2022. Loan rejection rates fell to 43% for Black farmers in 2023, but remained much higher than ...