Fighting for Black Farmers’ Land

The American agricultural system was built based on the enslavement of African people, and since emancipation, systematic discrimination against Black people within agriculture has persisted. In 1920, close to 1 million Black farmers made up about 14 percent of America’s farmers. In 2017, less than 50,000 Black farmers remained, making up just over 1 percent. In this episode, Dania Davy joins host Lisa Held to talk about the impacts of land loss, her work helping Black farmers and families keep their homes and land, and whether new policies in Washington will have a meaningful impact on the ground. Davy recently joined the Federation of Southern Cooperatives as the director of land retention and advocacy. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support The Farm Report by becoming a member ! The Farm Report is Powered by Simplecast . See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Fighting for Black Farmers’ Land is an episode from The Farm Report by Heritage Radio Network.

This episode is 00:33:55 long.

This episode was published on May 6, 2021.

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