North Central IL | Puff:
Thanks for the link, I had read the article back in November.
From SF article: "Under the bill, up to 32 million acres would move to Black ownership over a decade — nearly seven times the 4.7 million acres now in Black farms. A new USDA agency, the Equitable Land Access Service, would administer the program. The USDA would buy land from willing sellers at fair market value for use in the program. Up to 20,000 grants of 160 acres would be made annually through 2030. Recipients would be new or experienced Black farmers. Beginning farmers would be required to complete a training program."
1st this isn't likely to get any funding from Congress. 2nd land would be PURCHASED from willing buyers. 3rd 160 acres...sounds like a big truck garden selling to farmer markets and restaurants. That's a tough business. 4th did I say this will never get any funding out of Congress. And, if it does get funded, we just should go out to the parking lot and pile the money up and burn it for all the good it will do. |