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2020 NBGC Response to Racism
June 27, 2020  |  By National Black Growers Council  |  In NBGC News

NBGC Response to Racism and Rallies

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2020 NBGC Model Farm Series (3)
April 19, 2020  |  By National Black Growers Council  |  In NBGC News

NBGC Coronavirus Update

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SavingDroughts
November 15, 2019  |  By National Black Growers Council  |  In NBGC News

Surviving Droughts, Tornadoes and Racism

An African-American family has established a farming dynasty in Alabama. The trade war is just the latest challenge. The farm was started in the 1870s by George Bridgeforth, Greg’s great-grandfather, who had been born into slavery. The family has survived droughts, tornadoes and the bool weevil during the century and a half that successive generations […]

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interview
September 20, 2019  |  By National Black Growers Council  |  In NBGC News

Interview with Dan Miller

Farmers must be strong advocates and raise up strong leaders. P.J. Haynie delivered that powerful message today at the DTNA Summit.

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September 19, 2019  |  By National Black Growers Council  |  In NBGC News

Morehouse Parish Black Farmers and Landowners Field Day

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September 19, 2019  |  By National Black Growers Council  |  In NBGC News

Goldmon Family Selected as Jefferson County, AR Farm Family of the Year

Dell-Cam Farms and the Dewayne Goldmon Family of the Altheimer/Pine Bluff area are the 2019 Jefferson County Farm Family of the Year, according to a newsletter from the Pine Bluff Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Farm Family will be the guests of honor at the Chamber’s 67th Annual Farmers Appreciation Fish Fry on Thursday, Oct. […]

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Sugar
September 19, 2019  |  By National Black Growers Council  |  In NBGC News

The Barbaric History of Sugar in America – The New York Times

Domino Sugar’s Chalmette Refinery in Arabi, La., sits on the edge of the mighty Mississippi River, about five miles east by way of the river’s bend from the French Quarter, and less than a mile down from the Lower Ninth Ward, where Hurricane Katrina and the failed levees destroyed so many black lives. It is North […]

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The Pattersons (left to right): Arnell, Rodrick, Joe, Samuel II, Beatrice, Samuel Sr., Michael Jr. and Essie
(Progressive Farmer image by John Keen)
September 19, 2019  |  By National Black Growers Council  |  In NBGC News

Patterson Family

Post-World War II, Percy Patterson, from Drew, Mississippi, was weighing his options for a future. Instead of heading north like a lot of young men his age, he decided to stay in Mississippi. All around him, the flatland boasted some of the most fertile soil for agriculture. Percy would learn that one thing–the soil–would change […]

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jeff-jacobs-VIDEO
March 19, 2019  |  By National Black Growers Council  |  In NBGC News

Texas Farmer Feels Pressure as Big City Closing In On Farm

AGDAILY Staff · February 28, 2019 Farmers all over the country are feeling the big city closing in on their farms. No longer are our neighbors miles away, instead concrete and suburbs are becoming the norm in many parts of the country. The same goes for Jeff Jacobs, a third-generation farmer whose whole life has revolved […]

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Haywood_Harrell
October 19, 2018  |  By National Black Growers Council  |  In NBGC News

Motivated Farmers Utilize USDA-FSA Programs

Motivated Farmers Utilize USDA-FSA Programs Quote from article by Lauren Highfill Williams “Taking advantage of these programs has most definitely been part of keeping my farm successful. We take advantage of all of those like most farmers do. The subsidy and marketing program and assistance loan programs are great. I encourage every farmer to take […]

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Latest Posts

  • 2020 NBGC Response to Racism
    NBGC Response to Racism and Rallies Saturday, 27, Jun
  • 2020 NBGC Model Farm Series (3)
    NBGC Coronavirus Update Sunday, 19, Apr
  • SavingDroughts
    Surviving Droughts, Tornadoes and Racism Friday, 15, Nov
  • interview
    Interview with Dan Miller Friday, 20, Sep
  • safe_image
    Morehouse Parish Black Farmers and Landowners Field Day Thursday, 19, Sep

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