USDA Cuts Food Business Centers Supporting Black Farmers

USDA Cuts Food Business Centers Supporting Black Farmers

Over the past seven months, Kenneth Sparks lost at least five federal grants as a result of cancellations and funding freezes. The grants would have supported his four-year-old farm, where he grows vegetables, and sells seeds and eggs.  Now, the Southern California farmer is about to lose out again. For the past two years, he gave free technical assistance, support, and education to Black farmers and producers in Los Angeles, Inland Empire, and …

Mamdani, Black Farmers, USDA & ICE: Stories BIPOC Journalists Uncover

Prefer to Listen? Subscribe to our podcast to listen to this week’s episode on your favorite podcast platform (Available 7/30). Explore the top headlines of the month — and stories you won’t find in mainstream media — in this timely episode of Meet the BIPOC Press. From New York City, Documented’s Labor Reporter Amir Khafagy returns to fill us in on mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s win in the primary election, and how mainstream media overlook…