After 115 years of fostering community among families across the South Side, the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (HPNC) unveiled a major upgrade to its Nichols Park facility at this year’s
The Western family owns one of only about 1,700 Iowa Heritage Farms, which means a farm in the same family for at least 150 years. Theirs is likely the only such farm owned by a Black family.
There was an element of marvel about this family in the 1940s, when only .06 percent of Iowa farms were owned by non-white people, according to the Iowa Agricultural Census.
The Westerns own one of only about 1,700 Iowa Heritage Farms, which means a farm in the same family for at least 150 years. Theirs is likely the only such farm owned by a Black family.