Saturday, 14 July 2018
quote [ The Southern farmers accuse an Iowa seed company of creating an elaborate scheme to place them at a disadvantage. ]
Apparently, farming while black is now a thing
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damnit said @ 4:38pm GMT on 14th Jul
[Score:3 Underrated]
It's always been a thing, sadly.
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Hugh E. said @ 6:23pm GMT on 14th Jul
John Boyd, founder of National Black Farmers Association, a nonprofit support group that challenged the USDA’s track record of denying black farmers loans, in an interview with Grist:
There’s a huge trust factor between the black farmer and the United States Department of Agriculture because of systemic racism and our long journey and our long fight with the government. |
Hugh E. said @ 6:14pm GMT on 14th Jul
[Score:1 Funny]
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steele said @ 5:16pm GMT on 15th Jul
[Score:1 Underrated]
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Hugh E. said @ 5:22pm GMT on 15th Jul
This deserves its own post, not under a bushel, as it were.
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steele said @ 5:35pm GMT on 15th Jul
I mean, a lot of things deserve their own post, dude. You would not believe the amount of open tabs I have on my phone that I hope people are going to post that never show up. This seed link was open for 2 days before satansmightypenis666 finally blessed us.
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mechanical contrivance said @ 1:10pm GMT on 16th Jul
satanspenis666 has blessed us with his seed.
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HoZay said @ 5:01pm GMT on 14th Jul
For some reason, there are no black farmers in the part of the midwest where I live.
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Fish said @ 9:52pm GMT on 14th Jul
[Score:-5 Boring]
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Fish said @ 9:53pm GMT on 14th Jul
[Score:-5 Boring]
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