Arkansas nonprofit helping minority farmers through agricultural programs
Out of 3 million farmers across the country, only 45,000 are Black, with only 1% of that number in Arkansas. Author: Jade Jackson Updated: 6:33 PM CDT July 8, 2021
BRINKLEY, Ark Out of 3 million farmers across the country, only 45,000 are Black according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) with only 1% of that number is in Arkansas.
Carl Burnett is a part of that percent with his 40-acre farm in Brinkley.
You can find him out spraying his pink-eyed purple hull peas in the morning.
He s been a farmer for the last 30 years, inheriting the land from his grandfather. He says there have been two generations of farm loan rejection in his family when trying to apply.