Black Farmers In Kansas Hope New State Office Can Help Reverse Trend Of Land Loss [View all]

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The number of black farmers in the U.S. is shrinking — down to less than 2% of total farmers — and many are losing their land.

Members of the Kansas Black Farmers Association are working with the state in hopes of reversing that trend.

JohnElla Holmes, the group’s executive director, comes from a long line of wheat farmers in Graham County near the historic town of Nicodemus. Holmes' great-great grandparents settled in the area in 1877, on pieces of land the family still owns.

However, more than 2,000 farming acres in Nicodemus alone have been lost in the last five years.

Read more: https://www.kmuw.org/post/black-farmers-kansas-hope-new-state-office-can-help-reverse-trend-land-loss