Agri Politics

Descendants of Harris County farmers reclaim trashed historic Black cemetery [case study]

Candace Dantes - May 16, 2021

Who. Is. Lucy? And why is an unauthorized power line cutting through her burial site? Splintered beer bottles, busted tires and utility truck tracks...

Agri Politics

Black Belt landowners: Clear heirs property titles to profit from COVID relief bill [attorney advice]

Candace Dantes - March 28, 2021

SOLD! Forty acres of the Louisiana parcel — gone. Just 10 left to will down the generational line. A family meeting in the ’90s...

Agri Politics

7 scarring facts, figures about America’s Black Belt Region people

Candace Dantes - January 13, 2021

It’s a documented tract of high-yielding land. And if you were white, an opportunity for agricultural growth — continuous wealth. America’s Black Belt Region...

Agri Politics

Rainbow Coalition nudges Black farmers to contact U.S. Rep. Bishop

Candace Dantes - June 3, 2020

The conference call message to Black farmers across the nation was clear: Email or call U.S. Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr. with any and...

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Black Farmers' NetworkChanging the narrative of the black belt farmer

Black Farmers’ Network (BFN) is a site for rural, African-American farmers to share stories, products and services in a now digital-driven economy. In an effort to change the narrative of Rural America, the network also documents the agribusiness successes of these first-year to centennial farmers — farmers who have had to confront a discriminating history for centuries in America’s Black Belt Region. BFN formed to not only report on these experiences but provide 21st-century marketing and branding strategies to help their rural enterprises grow and sustain online.