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Listen 13 min MORE Willie Earl Nelson Sr. (center) and his sons Courtney, Willie Jr., Adrain, and Shaun are farmers in Sondheimer, Louisiana. Mr. Nelson and his son Adrain describe the discrimination and red tape many Black farmers face when obtaining loans for land. Photo by Alison Gootee.
Generations of Black farmers have fallen victim to discriminatory practices employed against them by the US Department of Agriculture and the Farm Service Administration. Recently, a judge halted a Biden administration forgiveness program for Black farmers that included debt relief.
Natalie Baszile describes the vicious cycle of loans denied and delayed that lead to land seizure. Third generation farmer Willie Earl Nelson and his son Adrain share how strategies are deployed by government institutions and financial institutions to seize farms, such as forcing Black farmers to borrow more money than requested and buying lan
‘We Are Each Other’s Harvest’: African American farmers, land, and legacy Listen 57 min MORE Naima Penniman (left) and Leah Penniman work at Soul Fire Farm, an Afro-Indigenous-centered community farm in upstate New York, and are looking to change the narrative about farming and agriculture. Photo by Alison Gootee.
In her new book “We Are Each Other’s Harvest,” author Natalie Baszile brings together the narratives and histories of Black farmers in America. She co-hosts this edition of Good Food with Evan Kleiman, as they speak to those who are tied to the land and profiled in the book. “Farmers are living ancestors for Black people,” explains Baszile, whose personal history includes a connection to farming.