Detroit-based farming fund works to make sure Black farmers own their land
By: WXYZ Staff
and last updated 2021-07-15 22:55:28-04
DETROIT, MI â Urban farmer Jerry Hebron has been tending on the Northend Christian CDC farm for nearly 12 years. But it took Hebron and her associate farmers nearly 15 years to purchase that piece of land.
âAnd we saw, you know, white folks coming in with money and capital, and they easily were able to navigate the system and acquire land, Hebron said. With usâwe were not being looked upon as being serious.â
Like many urban farmers in the metro Detroit area, Hebron and her team decided to transform a vacant piece of land into a garden area for her community.
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