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'Land access is the biggest struggle' | Here's how a group in Sacramento is working to empower Black farmers
ABC10 ^ | August 9, 2023 | Kandace Redd

Posted on 08/10/2023 7:49:19 AM PDT by artichokegrower

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — Each day, Nathaniel Brown tends to his land. He says he fell in love with gardening at a young age.

"When I'm able to see what I've created, it is very rewarding," Brown said. "I was definietly inspired by my grandma to get out and start planting. She really taught me gardening on a bigger scale. She had about a quarter-acre garden."

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Brown joined The Ujamaa Farmer Collective. It's a group of leaders, farmers, educators and food system advocates. The Ujamaa Farmer Collective is led by Nelson Hawkins. He's the founder of We Grow Farms, who serves as the Agriculture Project Manager.

The Collective is on a mission "to providing long-term, affordable land access for multiple existing BIPOC farmers and ranchers, struggling with land security."


I work ag in California's Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties. To buy ag land will run you about $80 thousand per acre. Drill a well will be half a million minimum. Then you can deal with the California ag regulations. It ain't about race. I would like a unicorn ranch and grow rainbows but that isn't going to happen.

1 posted on 08/10/2023 7:49:19 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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40 acres and a mule. Reparations.


2 posted on 08/10/2023 7:53:07 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: artichokegrower

This would be a hilarious SNL skit. Too bad they’d never make it.


3 posted on 08/10/2023 7:53:34 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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How soon before land is confiscated to hand over to "POC" farmers?

This is happening now in South Africa.

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4 posted on 08/10/2023 7:53:56 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (What did Socialists use before Candles?..... Electricity)
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South Africa is this country’s future.

racism, racism, racism, racism, global warming, racism, racism, .... that is every day in american news media


5 posted on 08/10/2023 7:55:29 AM PDT by imabadboy99
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It's a group of leaders, farmers, educators and food system advocates.

A "collective" ... as might be expected, most of the people in the "collective" are useless.

6 posted on 08/10/2023 7:56:26 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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How would blacks ever survive if not for benevolent democrats?


7 posted on 08/10/2023 7:56:42 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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"The group secured $1.25 million in state funding to acquire 50 to 100 acres of land in Yolo County."

There you go - handed to them by the state.

Think they'd do same for potential White Farmers that would like to start a farm but can't afford land?

8 posted on 08/10/2023 7:59:20 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (What did Socialists use before Candles?..... Electricity)
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Farms are hard work—unless they can get white slaves to do it for them.


9 posted on 08/10/2023 7:59:25 AM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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“Farms are hard work—unless they can get white slaves to do it for them.”

Working out great all over Africa.


10 posted on 08/10/2023 8:01:20 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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There’s a running not-funny joke.

Q: What’s the difference between South Africa and Zimbabwe?
A: 30 years

So I guess you could ask

Q: What’s the difference between the US and South Africa
A: 30 years

So it logically follows that in 60 years the US will be Zimbabwe.


11 posted on 08/10/2023 8:09:47 AM PDT by Locomotive Breath
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Not that long at the rate we’re going.......


12 posted on 08/10/2023 8:18:56 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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The whole article is leftist / communist crap top to bottom. Frankly, I'm surprised that there is no mention of land confiscation from racist, privileged white farmers. But that will get rolling soon, I'm sure.
Brown joined The Ujamaa Farmer Collective. It's a group of leaders, farmers, educators and food system advocates. The Ujamaa Farmer Collective is led by Nelson Hawkins. He's the founder of We Grow Farms, who serves as the Agriculture Project Manager. The Collective is on a mission "to providing long-term, affordable land access for multiple existing BIPOC farmers and ranchers, struggling with land security."
"Ujama," naturally. There's a lot to learn from African farmers, because, as we all know, they've done such a bang-up job feeding their own continent.

My advice to the Ujamians...hire McKinsey to run no-whites allowed BIPOC-only, melanin-infused management leadership classes. McKinsey could repurpose their Best Buy curriculum to speed things up and reduce costs.

13 posted on 08/10/2023 8:19:53 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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LOL! Black farmers. Do they grow cotton?


14 posted on 08/10/2023 8:20:07 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("There's no cryin' in baseball and there's no ethics in politics!" )
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“Whitey needs to give up their lands now mofos!!”

Africa has been going through white purges.


15 posted on 08/10/2023 8:25:11 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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“Land access” sounds like leftspeak for “gibs me dat land fo free”.


16 posted on 08/10/2023 8:28:34 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Bon of Babble

ZIMBABWE 2.0 & more


17 posted on 08/10/2023 8:32:13 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: artichokegrower

But the Delta River Smelt and three toed salamander!


18 posted on 08/10/2023 8:43:56 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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Nope. The Devil’s Lettuce. Approved by Snoop Dee-Oh-Double-Gee.


19 posted on 08/10/2023 9:03:33 AM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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“The whole article is leftist / communist crap top to bottom... The Ujamaa Farmer Collective. It’s a group of leaders...”


Ah, ‘leaders’, what would the movement do without them? Real Americans lead, they aren’t led.

As for the comparisons of the US and SA, despite perhaps the wishes of the 13%, it’s important to remember that the whites were and are a small minority in SA, that’s not going to happen here. Too many black women avail themselves of abortion for their percentage to grow. Margaret Sanger would be pleased.


20 posted on 08/10/2023 9:10:02 AM PDT by hanamizu
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