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are black farmers and pro
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make up about 1.5% of the
country. According to a 2
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but only 111 of them empl
And of those, only 27 hav
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is prepping her urban com
growing season. Oh yeah w
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She's a black indigenous
guarding coach. These two
been in the farming indus
I was diagnosed with seve
and I'm a super nerd. So
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and I was fasting but I h
I feel like I needed a li
in my investigation I cam
she says gardening, saved
sweet you are in this lit
and now she's the founder
company called Georgia Gr
and supports black women
are farmers market. We're
up right out here on this
of women of color. I'll s
resiliency, just a lived
other woman can bring. Yo
matters sounds cliche but
color like sister Otay ar
on the agriculture indust
recognized dr tammy Gray
change that. She is the f
director of National Wome
Her family has owned farm
have the initial 40 acres
to emancipation proclamat
a mule. Now they own more
rural Oklahoma. And Gray
national rolls like a USD
woman appointed by the fo
She is determined to grow
and income from the groun
underserved minority comm
have access to locally gr
they have access to susta
through agriculture becau
them or giving them the o
to USDA agriculture censu
1.4% of farmers in the US
a third of that are women
that number can grow and
can be elevated if minori
given the right attention
of our mission is to save
through agriculture, prov
sustainable opportunities
to make that happen. Her
president biden to sign a
that would charter Nation
Association giving them t
receive a steady stream o
as the first legislativel
organization in american
the initiative has bipart
she is confident her asso
Children to have equitabl
agriculture industry. Our
taught how to be athletes
Those are not sustainable
Children make it. But in
always have a career and
community while they help
girl out of here. She pla
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food insecurity. It can b
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which prevents diseases l
spreading the good news t
because she says their ba
that's why women in agric
we're always going to put
I'm gonna say it's a woma
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