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The Future of Family Farms
June 28, 2000
Listen/download helpSmall and medium sized family farms are dwindling in the United States. Meanwhile the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been charged with civil rights violations as Black farmers are routinely denied loans, land and emergency assistance. On this round table edition of Making Contact, we discuss U.S. farm policy.
Featuring:
Gary Grant, Black Farmers and Agriculturists Association; Peter Rosset, Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First).
For more information:
Black Farmers and Agriculturists Association
P.O. Box 61
Tillery, North Carolina 27887
918-826-3017;
fax: 918-826-3244
www.net/people/wf/bfaa.html
Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First)
398 60th St.
Oakland, California 94618
510-654-4400;
fax: 510-654-4551
www.foodfirst.org