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Farming for Change: Black Womxn Farmers Fight the Pandemic With a Food Revolution | South Seattle Emerald #FarmFoodPower https://t.co/z9X2ZWUaFl
The #COVID19 outbreak has had undeniable effects on the national food production chain. We discussed how school lunches, restaurants, and an unexpected home-town labor force of high school and college students are changing things throughout the nation #FarmFoodPower
Today students in #FarmFoodPower return to the classroom—via Google Hangouts—to discuss #StealingBuddahsDinner by @bichminhnguyen
Continuing our conversation about @benandjerrys, students in #FarmFoodPower watched this short video about @MigrantJustice's Milk with Dignity campaign for human rights for farmworkers in the dairy industry https://t.co/QDeMe6D4w6
We often think about pesticides from the perspective of the consumer, but pesticides pose a much more significant risk to farmworkers. Unfortunately, many states do not require pesticide reporting for workers' compensation in the agricultural sector #FarmFoodPower
According to data collected by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, there is no state in the U.S. where someone would be able to afford a 1 bedroom rental home working 40 hours per week at minimum wage #FarmFoodPower
The National Labor Relations Act was passed in 1935 and prohibited employees from firing a worker for joining, organizing, or supporting a union. Agricultural and domestic laborers were excluded from this Act, as well as The Social Security Act of 1935 #FarmFoodPower
Our first object lesson in today's #FarmFoodPower class is the American version of the Kinder Suprise egg. The revised version for American audiences was created in response to a 1938 law prohibiting kids' food or candy from coming into contact with toys in its original packaging
Prepping for my #FarmFoodPower class this afternoon and reading "Rural America Doesn’t Have to Starve to Death" via @thenation You can follow @ProfMHP2020 for updates & insights on all 3 courses I'm teaching this semester. https://t.co/jGglFzgAFi
To participate in government programs offered by USDA, FEMA, or other agencies, heirs of any piece of land must be in agreement. The implications of this policy have resulted in a massive decline in Black land ownership #FarmFoodPower
A 1982 report issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights stated that the USDA was a "catalyst in the decline of the Black farmer." That year, African Americans received only 1% of all farm ownership loans #FarmFoodPower #BlackHistoryMonth
A 1964 investigation conducted by the US Commission on Civil Rights exposed how the USDA actively worked against the economic interests of Black farmers #FarmFoodPower #BlackHistoryMonth
When we tell the story of the most active era of Civil Rights and the progress made during that era, we rarely talk about Black land loss post-1950 #FarmFoodPower #BlackHistoryMonth
In the quarter-century after 1950, over a half a million African American farms went under, leaving only 45,000. In the 1960s alone, the Black farm count in ten southern states declined by 88% #FarmFoodPower
George Washington Carver was one of the most important inventors in American history. Yet, agricultural inventions are rarely recognized for the innovations they have made in modern society #FarmFoodPower
#FarmFoodPower students read Freedom Farmers by @thegardengriot for today's class on Black Land Loss. This is a must read text. https://t.co/oiy08QVurR
You can follow all of the classes I am teaching @WakeForest this semester by following @ProfMHP2020 This afternoon the #FarmFoodPower class addresses black land loss and farming as racial resistance. Full syllabus here. https://t.co/I5GCCwhVqc
Exciting day in #FarmFoodPower as we are slated to discuss African American land loss and farming as racial resistance.
Exciting day in #FarmFoodPower as we are slated to discuss African American land loss and farming as racial resistance.
You can't talk about forest preservation, land recovery, hunting, fishing, or land use without talking about sovereignty for Native Americans #FarmFoodPower
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