farmers

Factory farms produce more than eggs

August 24, 2010 By Phil Amadon

In the early 1970s, I took a job at a brand new "industrial" hen house in Indiana.

Cuba travel bill takes flight

July 5, 2010 By Roberta Wood

Congress could be on the verge of ending the U.S government's ban on travel by its citizens to Cuba.

Minority, women farmers’ discrimination suits near settlement

May 27, 2010 By Joe Sims

U.S. government discrimination against minority farmers and women will be a thing of the past if the Obama administration has anything to say about it.

Death of South African rightist highlights ongoing problems

April 13, 2010 By Emile Schepers

The death of far-right white supremacist Eugene Terre'Blanche, beaten and slashed on his farm on April 3, highlights problems South Africa still faces on labor, land and racism.

Black farmers settlement is “win for all family farmers”

February 23, 2010 By Tim Wheeler

Willie Adams, a Black farmer in Greene County, Ga., hailed President Obama's $1.25 billion proposed settlement of a lawsuit by Black farmers demanding compensation for 80 years of racist discrimination in federal farm loan programs.