Ranching While Black: Freedom Acres Ranch Says Racial Terror Is Trying to Drive Them Off Their Land

🚨🐄 What happens when a Black family buys more than 1,000 acres, builds a working ranch, raises food for its community—and says years of intimidation have made them afraid to live peacefully on their own land? In this powerful episode of Life Points with Ronda, Ronda investigates the story of Freedom Acres Ranch, the Black-owned, veteran-owned family ranch operated by Courtney “CW” Mallery and Nicole Mallery in Yoder, Colorado. The couple has publicly alleged years of racial harassment, intimidation, surveillance, vandalism, damaged livestock and hostile encounters connected to a long-running neighborhood dispute. Their allegations have been disputed by neighbors and the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, making factual accuracy and due process essential to understanding this complicated story. The controversy became national news after the Mallerys themselves were arrested on felony stalking charges in 2023—charges that were later dropped after prosecutors did not proceed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Then, over Easter weekend 2026, the Mallerys reported that shots were fired at their ranch, an incident they described as a frightening escalation of the hostility they say they have endured for years. But this episode is about much more than one Colorado ranch. 🌾 Ronda examines the devastating historical decline in Black-owned farmland, why land ownership represents generational wealth and food sovereignty, how prolonged conflict can financially strain agricultural businesses, and why supporting Black farmers cannot stop at hashtags and social-media outrage. Black farmland ownership once reached an estimated 16–19 million acres around 1910 before declining to a fraction of that amount. And Ronda is turning the conversation into action. She is personally placing an order with Freedom Acres Ranch and encouraging listeners who have the means to consider supporting the ranch by becoming customers too. Freedom Acres says it ships meat and merchandise nationwide and uses part of its sales to support efforts addressing food insecurity. 🥩🐑🌱 🛒 SUPPORT & SHOP FREEDOM ACRES RANCH: Freedom Acres Ranch Official Website & Shop 🛍️ Browse the ranch marketplace: Shop Freedom Acres Ranch Products 🔥 The Life Point: Supporting Black ownership means more than defending it when it is threatened. It means helping make that ownership economically sustainable. Land is power. Food is power. Ownership is power. And sometimes resistance looks like an order confirmation. #LifePointsWithRonda #FreedomAcresRanch #SupportBlackFarmers #BlackOwnedBusiness #BlackFarmers #BlackLandOwnership #BuyBlack #BlackAgriculture #FoodSovereignty #GenerationalWealth #SupportBlackBusiness #FarmersSaveLives #Colorado #BlackHistory #LandOwnership The main link I would place prominently at the very top of your published episode description is the official Freedom Acres Ranch website rather than making listeners hunt through the description for it: SHOP & SUPPORT FREEDOM ACRES RANCH HERE Their site currently says they ship meats and merchandise to all states, so your national audience can participate rather than this being limited to Colorado listeners. I also really like your decision to place an order yourself. It changes your message from “somebody should support them” to “I'm supporting them—join me if you're able.” That is a considerably stronger call to action. 🎙️🖤🌾