Changing the narrative of the Black Belt farmer
925,708 1920 No. of Black Farmers
35,470 Today's No. of Black Farmers
15,000,000 1910 Black Acres Owned
4,700,000 Today's Black Acres Owned
New Beginnings Same Purpose
By Veronica Womack
August 20, 2025
Thank you so much for your many years of support. It has been an honor to magnify Black farmers and the region in which we live.
The Black Farmers’ Network is now moving forward as an independent initiative. While it was previously associated with USDA, Georgia College &...
Each hails from the Black Belt Region — demarcated by its crescent geographic profile. Stretching from Eastern Texas to the Eastern shore of Virginia....
Enslaved African-American people assigned them as “hush harbors.” Informal meeting spaces. Swamps, ravines, gullies and woodlands to congregate and worship secretly in the South....
Steady…steady…BANG! A clear shot takes the 2-foot-long cottonmouth snake out as it slithers into murky pond water. The graceful sharpshooter tucks her 9mm handgun...