A Century of Systemic Discrimination Towards Black Farmers

Making a living as a small-scale farmer in a system that supports mass-production isn’t easy. For Black farmers, a number of discriminatory barriers have made farming even more challenging. In the last century, Black farmers have lost over 90% of the land they once owned and today just 1% of American farmers are Black.Radio Catskill Reporter Marin Scotten is joined by Omowale Adewale, the co-owner of Liberation Farm in Delaware County to discuss his experience getting denied a loan by the Cortland County Office of the USDA and his hopes for a more equitable future in American agriculture.