Health inequalities and food apartheid in America
Scholars have begun to use the term food apartheid, rather than food desert, to describe the social inequalities in place in the nation’s food system.
Scholars have begun to use the term food apartheid, rather than food desert, to describe the social inequalities in place in the nation’s food system.
I am hopeful about the future of American agriculture, but it is not until we face the realities of oppression that we can truly begin to heal the divide.
The John Deere-led LEAP (Legislation, Education, Advocacy and Production Systems) coalition now has a website dedicated to advancing its mission.
Tapping into trends, we took on two topics that dominated the nation’s cultural psyche: the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means to be Black in America.
The role of African Americans in shaping U.S. history cannot be over stated. Black history is American history, and it’s the history of U.S. agriculture.
Agriculture Future of America is helping to equip college-age students to become allies for diversity in agriculture.
Cargill has created a partnership to help dismantle racial inequities in agriculture, calling it the Black Farmer Equity Initiative.
2020 saw a national reckoning on American race relations, and the history of Black farmers became a key piece of the puzzle.
Everyone should learn more about the influential Black women in agriculture who I look up to as a professional and hear the Black HERstory they each have.
Amyrose Foll, the leader at Virginia Free Farm, describes her motivation to serve hundreds of meals weekly to Virginia communities surrounding her farm.